Learn about your parrot’s average lifespan and how to help them live longer.

Parrots squandered food throughout the entire year, regardless of whether it was their breeding season or not.

Several species of parrots in Southeastern Peru regularly gather at a cliff face in the Amazon basin to eat clay. So do other animals, including humans.

How Long Do Parrots Live? Parrots live an average of 15 to 50 years, and sometimes longer. The amount of time that a parrot lives greatly depends on its species, level of care, and overall health ...

Food availability and breeding season as predictors of geophagy in Amazonian parrots, Ibis, published online on 3 August 2017 ahead of print | doi: 10.1111/ibi.12515 Also mentioned: ...

Most Dogs’ Personalities Have Little to Do With Their Breed A new study found the type of breed was responsible for less than one-tenth of differences in behavior among thousands of dogs.

The data yielded patterns. Parrots are more likely to drop unripe fruits than ripe ones, and they’re more careful with food during breeding season, when they are raising hungry chicks.

In a study of wild Burrowing Parrots in Patagonia, Argentina, researchers found that the more intensely red the abdominal feathers on the parrots were, the better was their success in breeding.

Instead, the pet trade, both legally and illegally, imports exotic bird species like parrots—and inevitably, some of these birds escape and occasionally breed.

Why do feral Mexican parrots thrive in L.A. but struggle to survive in their native land?