Tips On Captivating African Gray Parrot

One of the parrots species which favored by many people is the african gray parrot (Psittacus Erithacus). Some experts regard african gray parrot birds as the most intelligent species in the parrots family. The following tips is the initial guide for African gray parrot captivity.

The native habitat of gray parrot found only in West Africa and Central Africa. Amazon parrot is known to be intelligent is actually still less intelligent than the gray parrot. This bird has the amazing ability to imitate sounds, so it makes it very popular among bird enthusiasts around the world, US, Europe and Asia.

The price of gray parrot is very high which makes many people anxious to capture it. In the international wildlife trade, gray parrot included in CITES Appendix II list. That means you have to get it from breeding, and should not be obtained from the capture of wild or through the black market.

This thing needs to be a guide for anyone in the world who want to obtain any african gray parrot from abroad. You can also get it from the bird stores or bird importers in your country, especially those that equipped with the certificate.

There are two subspecies of gray parrot :

Congo African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus)

Timneh African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus timneh)

The original voices of gray parrot such as whistling, clicking sounds and other sounds. But if it is trained, it can imitate a variety of sounds such as birds singing, the human voice, phone voice, sound of an alarm, and the sound of environment around them which often heard.

So, when you cry, do not be surprised if this bird will try to entertain you with the words that have been mastered. There is a dramatic event in the UK, late last year, when a psychologist daughter received the last message from gray parrot 32 years old, which was maintained since the age of 1 year. Before he died, the birds ask her to do not get upset and to keep the spirit of life if it dies. And, finally the bird was dead. This is the proof of gray parrots intelligence.

Hopefully this article can help you in caring your beloved african gray parrot.