GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Thick-billed parrots, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha, are an enigma. Despite their ecological and cultural importance, especially to ...

A female eclectus parrot casts a quizzical look at the camera. Although most male birds are flashier than their female counterparts, the female eclectus flaunts cherry red plumage and the male ...

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The chances are you have seen a parrot and you might also have heard one, too. But have you ever heard of a night parrot? The critically endangered species is one of the rarest birds in Australia ...

HILARIO ASCASUBI, Argentina, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The town of Hilario Ascasubi near Argentina's eastern Atlantic coast has a parrot problem. Thousands of the green-yellow-red birds have invaded ...

It also might make you hungry! The Quaker parrot's mom doesn't offer up the bird's name, but she's a pretty, fluffy blue ...

The culprit? A flock of burrowing parrots that has overrun two rural towns in Argentina’s Buenos Aires province as the birds’ habitat has shrunk over the years and human settlements have grown.

The African grey parrot is endangered and it is illegal to sell them Row after row of thin barred cages hold brilliantly coloured birds whose screeches fill the air with a deafening noise.

Foster Parrots, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the rescue and protection of unwanted and abused companion parrots, is always busy trying to find new homes for captive parrots, but it's ...

First he thought it was a hopping mouse, but in the glow of the still-switched-on headlights, he found himself looking straight at one of the rarest animals in Australia, a night parrot (Pezoporus ...

The main attractions include African love birds, budgerigars, white swan, black swan, wood duck, golden pheasant, yellow golden pheasant, melanistic pheasant, sun conures, African grey parrot and ...

Lincolnshire Wildlife Park says there has been no crude language since the parrots were moved. An RSPCA video of Ernie singing his favourite song was spotted on social media by his owner.