A bit more info for you about the main types of parrots:
Parakeets
Parakeets originate from South Eastern Asia. They range in size from 7 to 12 inches long. They come in a wide range of colours, such as dark green, white, yellow, light blue, violet, and a variety of combinations of these colours.
Cockatiels
Cockatiels originate from Australia. [...]
As the name suggests, the Blue Fronted Amazon is a member of the Amazon Parrot species. This species of parrot originates from South America, and it is a medium-sized parrot which grows to be about 15 inches long. They usually live to be anything between 40 and 80 years old.
The Blue Fronted Amazon is predominantly [...]
There are two sub-species of African Grey Parrots – the Timneh African Grey, and the Congo African Grey. The Timneh is slightly smaller than the Congo, and grows to be about 10 or 12 inches long. It is a charcoal-grey color, with a maroon tail. Like all African Greys, the Timneh African Grey originates from [...]
The Senegal Parrot is a member of the Poicephalus parrot species. They originate from West Africa, and they are a small-to-medium sized parrot, which grow to be about 10 inches long. In the wild they normally live for about 25 years, but in captivity they have been known to live for upto 50 years.
They have [...]
The African Gray Parrot is a very striking parrot which originates from Central Africa. It is widely recognised as being one of the most intelligent of all parrots, and the best talker. It is a medium-sized parrot, which grows to be between 10 and 14 inches long. It is a very long-living parrot – 60 [...]
The ever popular Eclectus Parrot originates from Australia, New Guinea, and a few other South Pacific islands. They are medium sized parrots which grow to be around 12 to 14 inches long (i.e. from the top of their head to the tip of their tail). They typically live to be anything up to 20 years [...]
Sun Conures originate from South and Central America. They grow to be about eleven inches long, from the top of their head to the tip of their tail. Their bodies and heads are predominantly bright orange/yellow, but their tails and wings can come in a variety of colours.
Conures are often referred to as the ‘clown’ [...]
No-one knows exactly how many species of parrots there are, but we do know that there are more than 350. Parrots belong to a group of birds called Psittacines, which all share the following characteristics:
A curved beak.
An erect stance.
Four toes on each foot – two at the front, and two at the rear.
The Psittacines group [...]
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