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The greatest diversity of parrots is in South America and Australasia. [ 5 ] The Cacatuoidea are quite [ clarification needed ] distinct, having a movable head crest, a different arrangement of the carotid arteries, a gall bladder , differences in the skull bones, [ 6 ] and lack the Dyck texture feathers that—in the Psittacoidea—scatter ...
The parrots' ability to mimic human words and their bright colours and beauty prompt impulse buying from unsuspecting consumers. The domesticated budgerigar, a small parrot, is the most popular of all pet bird species. [102] In 1992, the newspaper USA Today published that 11 million pet birds were in the United States alone, [103] many of them ...
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
Articles in the category "Parrots" include articles on any Psittaciformes taxon, or on parrots, parakeets and cockatoos in general. Subcategories This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.
Cookie, a Major Mitchell's cockatoo who at the time of his death at the age of 83, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest living parrot in the world; Cosmo, a grey parrot known for knowing over 200 words and being the subject of a book, Conversations with Cosmo; DD.43.Q.879, a Second World War homing pigeon awarded the Dickin Medal
Those birds and other introduced species of parrots and parakeets that have found niches in the clatter and commotion of Southern California city life are believed to be descendants of released ...
A Wilson's warbler bird in Alaska. The American Ornithological Society said it is trying to address years of controversy over a list of bird names that include human names deemed offensive.
List of bird genera; List of chicken breeds; List of birds by common name; List of individual birds; Lists by continent List of birds of Africa; List of birds of Antarctica; List of birds of Asia; List of birds of Australia; List of birds of Europe; List of birds of North America; List of birds of South America; Lists by smaller geographic unit ...