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.

Imagine having a bird as a pet that goes missing for years, and when it finally returns home, it speaks a new language. That’s precisely the story of an African parrot with a British accent.

A "depressed" parrot that refused to talk when its owner died has started swearing after finding a new home, the RSPCA said. Jesse, an African grey parrot, was taken to Ashley Heath Animal Centre ...

AWI opposes this application and finds that it is driven by a single motive—commercial profit. In 2016, in response to increasing threats to the African grey parrot from the international pet trade ...

The hub of the trade is South Africa, which exports more African grays than any other country. Historically most orders came from the United States and Europe, but fear of bird flu and laws ...

Before the transfer of African grey parrots to Appendix I of Cites in 2016, South Africa was the leading importer of wild-sourced grey parrots, as well as the leading exporter of those bred in ...

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

Amazon parrots are known for being big talkers. Otis has a huge vocabulary, not to mention all of the sounds that he can ...

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Parrot fish are available whole, gutted and frozen. They are available year round. Many reef-dwelling species are considered to be over-exploited. If you have concerns ask your fishmonger. Most ...

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.