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Parrots have featured in human writings, story, art, humor, religion, and music for thousands of years, such as Aesop's fable "The parrot and the cat", [127] the mention "The parrot can speak, and yet is nothing more than a bird" in The Book of Rites of Ancient China, [128] the Masnavi by Rumi of Persia in 1250 "The Merchant and the Parrot". [129]
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It has been suggested that parrots and macaws in the Amazon Basin eat clay from exposed river banks to neutralize these toxins. [13] In the western Amazon hundreds of macaws and other parrots descend to exposed river banks to consume clay on an almost daily basis [14] – except on rainy days. [15]
The more colourful rosella species are popular as pet parrots and also as aviary birds. They can live for longer than 20 years, and they are relatively easy to breed. [ 16 ] All have a reputation for being aggressive in captivity, and are hence recommended be kept separate from other caged birds.
Commercial bird food is widely available for feeding wild and domesticated birds, in the forms of both seed combinations and pellets. [9] [10]When feeding wild birds, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) [11] suggests that it be done year-round, with different mixes of nutrients being offered each season.
Brotogeris is a genus of small parrots endemic to Central and South America. Their closest relatives are the monk parakeet and the cliff parakeet in the genus Myiopsitta. They eat seeds and fruit. [1] The word brotogeris means "having the voice of a human".
Two white-bellied parrots with bulging crops after feeding. As a graylag goose eats grass, the full crop is clearly visible. One greater flamingo-chick in Zoo Basel is fed on crop milk. The crop (serial 4) of a pigeon (Columba livia) is prominently seen at the beginning of the alimentary canal.
According to the World Parrot Trust, the Lear's macaw is currently extremely rare in captivity and may live for 60 years, [33] whereas the Animal Ageing and Longevity Database cites the maximum recorded longevity for a captive Lear's macaw at 38.3 years. [34] It is recommended that this parrot be kept in an enclosure of 15 metres in length. [33]