This beautiful bird is a parrot from the South American Rainforest. There are more than 300 species of parrots and they come from just about every warm climate on the Earth. Parrots usually have short, curved beaks and are covered with brightly colored feathers.
Parrots are smart and friendly animals.
Because of their beauty and friendliness, many people like to keep parrots as pets. In fact parrots are one of the first animals people tamed as pets. Parrots are related to parakeets, macaws and cockatoos. Parrots can be nearly every color of the rainbow. Even though we think of Parrots as being green or red, they can also be gray, brown and black.