African Grey Parrot
Nutrition: oilseeds, fruits, nuts, berries
Reproduction: 3-4 eggs, incubation time: 4 weeks
Did you know? It has excellent speaking skills and it imitates sounds very well. Its beak serves as a third leg while climbing up on a tree. It lives in pairs, eats and sleeps in groups. In captivity it may live for 50 years.
Watch it! Its tail is scarlet, its beak is black, its iris is yellowish except the iris of young specimens, They have black ones. Both outward fingers stand back, the middle fingers stand forward, so it can use them as a „gripping tool”.
Habitat: Tropical, subtropical forests
Spread: Central and West Africa