Parrots and cats are among the world’s cleverest animals. Unfortunately, testing their cognitive abilities isn’t easy because they show their intelligence differently. Parrots and cats have comparable intelligence levels. Psittacines […]

Parrots share characteristics with certain dinosaurs that ruled the earth millions of years ago. They have short arms, beaks, and three-toed feet because birds evolved from dinosaurs. Parrots are descended […]

Parakeets have a unique way of interacting with each other. It can be hard to tell if a pair likes or dislikes each other, as two markedly different actions can […]

A curved beak, or hookbill, is an indispensable part of the parrot’s anatomy. A bird without a curved beak isn’t a member of the Psittacidae family. Parrots have curved bills […]

There are 13 surviving species of Psittacula parakeets, most of which aren’t kept as pets. Wild ringneck parrots imitate the calls of other birds and mammals but not human speech. […]

While parrots are omnivores, some eat mealworms, caterpillars, grasshoppers, snails, and termites. Kea parrots sometimes eat newborn chicks, eggs, and the fat of live sheep. Parrots have an olfactory gland, […]