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Do Parrots Really Use Names? Scientists Say the Answer May Surprise You

Do parrots actually use names the way humans do? A new study analyzing hundreds of captive parrots reveals surprisingly complex social communication. Like many animals, parrots pro...

Parrots Using Video Chat to Keep in Touch

Knowing how clever parrots are, researchers wanted to see how they’d respond to another parrot saying hi on a tablet or phone. After being trained how to start a call, many parrots...

Record kДЃkДЃpЕЌ breeding season with 95 rare parrot hatchlings: Photo of the week

The kākāpō is a flightless bird endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand, and one of the heaviest parrots in the world. It’s also critically endangered; after the introduction of pred...

This Wild Parrot Species Copies Its Peers to Figure Out What Food Is Safe to Eat

Learn how cockatoos figure out what’s safe to eat by watching each other, and how that knowledge moves through a flock in just days.

World’s fattest parrots have mating frenzy

With an adult population of only 236, the kākāpō—the world’s largest parrot—was teetering on the brink extinction. But this year, they have been mating at a record pace, a...

A Promising New Tool Could Help Protect Parrots and Snag Smugglers

Wildlife and customs officials working to stop the illegal parrot trade are in a tough spot. While it is against the law to capture wild parrots, buying and selling captive-bred in...

Did UK zoo have to split up five profane parrots?

The not-so-quiet quintet came from separate owners but had the same vulgar vocabulary.

Попугаи называют по именам людей и животных и точно знают, кого зовут

Попугаи называют друг друга по именам почти как люди. Учёные проанализировали сотни домашних птиц и нашли устойчивые закономерности обращения. Оказалось, что их речь куда больше об...

Tomb feathers from wild parrots reveal extensive ancient trade route

Parrot feathers found at a thousand-year-old burial tomb in Peru provide new evidence for an expansive live bird trade network across the Andes Mountains that pre-dates the Inca Em...

The Secret Life of a Brown-Headed Parrot

The Brown-headed Parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) is, I suspect, one of the more under-appreciated birds we see, mostly due to the fleeting sightings we have of them. Often seen...

Cockatoos Mimic Peers to Sharpen Adaptation Skills, Study Finds

In a groundbreaking study led by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU), new light has been shed on how wild sulphur-crested cockatoos navigate the challenges of u...

Pet Parrot Saves NJ Family From Smoky Early Morning Fire: Police

"They were woken up by the parrot to the smell of smoke in the residence," said police, of the NJ family's escape.

Punjab govt makes licenses mandatory for parrots kept in homes

Hidden cameras reveal macaws’ secret lives

High up in the Amazon canopy, camera traps have recorded the entire breeding cycle of red-and-green macaws in Peru’s Madre de Dios region. Researchers watched these birds team up t...

Huge nest. Small bird. Why parakeets are threatening power on Long Island

A colony of parakeets is making a stir in a Long Island community over concerns that their giant nests — which can weigh hundreds of pounds and grow to 10 feet in diameter — pose a...

Caracas' iconic macaws threatened by vanishing palm trees

In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, flocks of colorful macaws that once brightened city skies now face disappearing nest sites — and with them, a unique urban bond.

Watch: Disabled parrot takes up jousting to stay king of the keas

A disabled kea – a native New Zealand parrot – has invented a bizarre jousting technique that helped turn him into the undefeated alpha male of his group. While parrots are known f...

See Bruce the parrot wield his broken beak like a deadly weapon

Bruce the Kea parrot is missing the upper half of his beak, but he has turned this disability into a weapon to keep subordinates in line

Parrot uses his broken beak to become a dominant male

An injured kea with just half a beak has used what's left as a weapon that gives him dominance over a captive colony of the birds

No beak = weak? Not for this New Zealand parrot that’s the alpha male of his flock

For many birds, survival depends heavily on their beaks. Beaks are used for eating, hygiene and even fighting, so a broken or deformed beak can often be a death sentence. But for o...

'Super parents' become super breeders

Photo: DOC A pair of Christchurch parakeets have earned the title of "super parents" of the bird world after bringing more than 50 chicks into the world and contributing to...

Nearly a million birds shipped from Africa to Asia in 15 years; canaries top the list

Worldwide, people buy and hunt nearly half of the 11,000 bird species in existence. In Asia, Europe, and North and South America, songbirds and parrots are highly desired pets. Col...

Disabled parrot is the alpha male of his flock: 'Behavioral innovation can help bypass physical disability'

Researchers noted that the bird had priority access to feeders, and he was the only male groomed by other males.

How Bruce the Parrot Landed Atop the Pecking Order, Without a Beak

The kea gained fame for learning to use a pebble to groom himself. Scientists were astounded by his next innovation.