Parrot facts

The excavations at Europe have revealed some mind boggling parrot facts that these species are about 50 million years old. The research at Germany and England made it clear about these parrot ancestors, while modern parrots which we see today are about 23 million years old.

Psittacidae and Cacutaidea are the two beautiful families of parrot species while the former possess bright and more vibrant colors, the latter is with movable head crust. There are some endangered parrot species nearing to the extinction.

Spixs Macaw is one among them with only about 7 survivors of the species in captivity. Parrot owners have emerged by raising huge funds for the parrot protection at zoo and wild life centers and are working vicariously in spreading the awareness in the schools. There are few cases where imprisonment has taken place for smuggling parrots!

Few other parrot facts are about their key role in various theatre plays, ancient texts, magazines and in many Hollywood films. Their nickname is winged rainbows as they come in every color of a rainbow. However their eggs are always simple white.

Most parrots live on seeds, fruits and other vegetarian protein diet but few are exceptional and feed on water snails, cockroaches and abandoned sheep carcasses.

One of the important parrot facts that makes you startle is that they don’t have vocal cards but they make sounds, chirps, and mimic the human vocalizations. They can achieve this phenomenon by controlling the pitch of the sound through pushing the air out, and by manipulating the depth and shape of the trachea. Ornithologists explain that whenever a parrot talks, it is performing variations on whistling.