Grey Parrot
A species of Grey Parrot and Timneh Parrot, Also known as African Grey Parrot, African Gray Scientific name : Psittacus erithacus Genus : Grey Parrot and Timneh Parrot
Grey Parrot, A species of Grey Parrot and Timneh Parrot
Also known as:
African Grey Parrot, African Gray
Botanical name: Psittacus erithacus
Genus: Grey Parrot and Timneh Parrot
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Description
The grey parrot is a medium-sized, predominantly grey, black-billed parrot. Its typical weight is 400 g (0.88 lb), with an approximate length of 33 cm (13 in), and a wingspan of 46–52 cm (18–20 in). It has darker grey than its body over the head and both wings. The head and body feathers have slight white edges. The tail feathers are red. Due to selection by parrot breeders, some grey parrots are partly or completely red. Both sexes appear similar. The colouration of juveniles is similar to that of adults, but typically, their eyes are dark grey to black, in comparison to the yellow irises around dark eyes of the adult birds, and their undertail coverts are tinged with grey. Adults weigh 418–526 g (0.922–1.160 lb). Grey parrots may live for 40–60 years in captivity, although their mean lifespan in the wild appears to be shorter — approximately 23 years. 
Size
33 cm
Life Expectancy
20-45 years
Feeding Habits
Grey Parrot primarily consume fruit, nuts, and seeds, with a fondness for oil palm fruit. They forage on the ground and in trees, eating also flowers, bark, insects, and snails. In captivity, their diet includes bird pellets and varied fruits and vegetables, supplemented with calcium.
Habitat
Grey Parrot typically inhabits dense lowland primary and secondary forests, but is adaptable and can also be found in forest edges, clearings, gallery forests, and savannah woodlands. It spans a range of elevations from sea level up to 2,200 meters in East Africa. This bird often thrives in and around farmlands, plantations, mangroves, and is especially associated with oil-palm and Raphia palms, which provide food and roosting sites. Grey Parrot is capable of surviving in small forest fragments and shows a preference for secondary forests, although its densities vary across different forest types and plantation areas.
Dite type
Omnivorous
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Behavior
Little is known about the behaviours and activities of these birds in the wild. In addition to a lack of research funding, it can be particularly difficult to study these birds in wild situations due to their status as prey animals, which leads them to have rather secretive personalities. Nevertheless, it has been shown that wild greys may also imitate a wide variety of the sounds they hear, much like their captive relatives.
Distribution Area
The grey parrot is native to equatorial Africa, including Angola, Cameroon, the Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda. The species is found inside a range from Kenya to the eastern part of the Ivory Coast.
Species Status
As a result of the extensive harvest of wild birds, in addition to habitat loss, this species is believed to be undergoing a rapid decline in the wild and therefore, has been rated as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. In October 2016, the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Fauna and Flora (CITES) extended the highest level of protection to grey parrots by listing the species under Appendix 1, which bans global and domestic trade in the species.
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