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Parrots these conspicuous, vibrant colors with skvouci birds zabydlili most of the warmer regions of the world and are widely especially in tropical forests. Among parrots (order Psittaciformes) includes, inter alia known arova, kakaduove, loriove, but also a budgerigar corel and many others. People are always kept for pleasure, appreciate their beauty and intelligence, imponuji them their ucenlivosti and its ability to imitate sounds and human speech. Among the most popular include the gray parrot called jako.

Quietly elegant

Gray parrot originated from Africa, living in the area stretching from the Ivory Coast and Congo in the north-western Tanzania. Inhabits lowland forests, but it can be found in savanovych woods, sometimes even towns and villages.

Gray parrot, or jako among the most commonly farmed species psittacidae. It is popular mainly because it is able to learn how to speak well. Although it is commonly spoken on the gray parrot, in fact, there are two subspecies. Parrot congo gray and gray parrot Liberian, different sizes and more particularly beak color, Congolese jako has dark black beak. Liberian subspecies in households too often misbehaving. Gray parrot definitely nehyri many colors as its jihoamericti relatives.Its soft feathers are colored gray, the wings have black and white cheeks. The tail consists of bright red rydovacich per. Sometimes there is a jako whose feathers are interwoven red pens. It is an attractive deviation, not the specific type of bird. This deviation is called the royal color. Adult individual weighs 400 to 500 g, length of body measured 28 to 39 cm, wingspan up to 70 cm. In captivity the doziva 50 to 80 years.

An important tool for food is strong, hakovite hooked beak, which is also climbing to the third leg. Root beak is covered with ozobim nostril. Ctyrprsta leg serves as the climbing, and for food. While the two external fingers facing backwards, both the internal front. Gray parrot is noisy and socially living birds.Spend the night in large flocks on the common nocovistich. Despite the large flocks of the psittacidae rozpadaji smaller groups o 30 - 40 individuals. Partner volumes close to the majority of life. Food psittacidae gray is composed of a wide range of different kinds of fruits, nuts and berries. Food is, however, most linked to oil palm. Parrots sitting nests in cavities of high trees, the nest can not nevystylaji. On snusce then sits only female, the male throughout the nesting brings food and feeds it directly from the man. Young remain in the nest after hatching is about 80 days, after first leaving the nest and learn to birth to fly.

At present, not of any protective measures. Stock psittacidae gray, however, gradually diminishes.One reason is the destruction of their environment, the second is the export of young birds for the purposes of trade (up to 50 thousand individuals per year).

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