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unusual facts about parrots



El Papagayo

The graphic novel also explains why Papagayo despises Hex so much; as a young man growing up in the wilderness of Mexico, his family collected and trained parrots which they would later sell to Americans and the rich of Mexico City.

Georg F. Striedter

His research focuses on the organization and evolution of neuronal circuits in teleost fishes, the evolution of neuronal circuits for bird song learning in parrots and songbirds and how evolution modifies the processes of brain development to generate a broad diversity of adult brains.

George Darko

George Darko (born 1951, Akropong) is a Ghanaian highlife musician, who introduced the Burger-highlife with his first hit "Ako ti brofo" (Even Parrots speak English), which was very popular in the early 1980s.

International parrot trade

Several True Parrots from the Ara genus (Great Green Macaw, Blue-throated Macaw, Scarlet Macaw, Military Macaw), are all protected under Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

Keerampara

"Para" in the Thracian language means a "village" and thereby Keeram + para makes Keerampara = The Village of Parrots.

Lake Hawdon System Important Bird Area

It also provides habitat for Orange-bellied Parrots, Australasian Bitterns, Rufous Bristlebirds and Striated Fieldwrens.

Mark Bittner

His book, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, and the documentary of the same name, by Judy Irving, describe that encounter and the relationship he formed with the birds.

Mascarene Grey Parakeet

An account by Admiral Steven van der Hagen from 1606 even suggests that the grey parrots of Mauritius were sometimes killed for amusement.

N'kisi

N'kisi also took part in a published scientific study of telepathic abilities conducted by Rupert Sheldrake and the parrots owner Aimee Morgana.

Quercus humboldtii

The acorns provide important food for wildlife; two parrots - the Rusty-faced Parrot and Fuertes's Parrot - are endemic to the threatened montane ecosystems of the Colombian Andes and are particularly dependent on the Andean oak forests as a home.

Red-tailed Amazon

Possibly one of the most significant steps taken to save the parrots was the establishment of Superagüi National Park in 1989.

Talking bird

Yellow-napes (Amazona auropalliata), Yellow-crowned (Amazona ochrocephala) and Panama Amazons (Amazona ochrocephala panamensis) are highly regarded as talking parrots.

Telegraph Hill, San Francisco

The feeding ban was championed by Mark Bittner, the birds' most outspoken supporter who fed them for years and wrote the book The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.

Tutankham

Tutankham is a combination of maze and shoot 'em up. Taking on the role of an explorer grave robbing Tutankhamun's tomb, the player is chased by creatures such as asps, vultures, parrots, bats, dragons, and even curses, all that kill the player on contact.

Water resources management in Brazil

There are an estimated 700 species of birds, including spoonbills, and 26 species of parrots, including the endangered Hyacinth Macaw.

Wildlife of the Philippines

Other important tree species here include giant figs, which provide food for fruit bats, parrots, and monkeys, and Pterocarpus indicus, which like the dipterocarps, is valued for its timber.


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