Their black or slate-colored bill provides a contrast with their brilliant green plumage. Hints of red occur at the bird's tail. Typically, parrots are forest-dwelling birds. Seeds, nuts, fruits and berries. Occasionally, they may eat insects or larvae.
Parrots manipulate their food with their feet, tongues, and beaks.
Their beaks are short, powerful and strongly hooked. Noisy calls are accompanied by flaring of tail feathers, dilating of pupils, and lowering of wings. The eggs of the first clutch may be smaller in size and number than those of more mature birds, and usually consist of three or four eggs. Threatened by the demand of the pet trade. Our Birds Page Read our Mission Statement.