Saturday, 8 June 2013

The Curious African Grey Parrot

African grey parrotis one of the most popular pet birds because of its ability to mimic human speech. This amazing bird is not only beautiful and interesting, but it is also happy to interact and have an inquisitive nature. The personality and curious nature of this bird  will be amazing and encouraging the owners. African Grey Parrot classified in the category of a very wise animals, making them the best pet parrot for bird enthusiasts around the world.


African Grey Parrot is usually chosen as a pet bird because of the appeal and its ability to speak. In addition to speaking, it is also very easy to imitate the sounds around them. This bird can imitate human voice, the sound of other birds, the sound of ringing phones and much more. Although they are good at conversation, African Grey Parrot is not bird species that like to screaming like the other parrot family.

With all the advantages that exist on the African Grey Parrot, makes this bird very popular among bird enthusiasts all over the world, but it requires very high commitment to maintain this bird. African Grey Parrot will quickly get bored if you do not provide a lot of stimulation. It requires much interaction with their owners than the game that exist in in their cage.

Although African Grey Parrot like to be held, it still needs supervision when interacting with humans as essentially a wild animal instincts. This bird has the same ingenuity as children aged 5 years, but have emotions like a 2 years old child.

African Grey Parrots (Psittacus Erithacus) with medium size can be found in the rainforests in the west and central Africa. African grey parrot ready to reproduce at the age of 4 or 5 years and have a life span of more than 50 years in captivity.

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