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Senegal parrots are relatively easy to breed in captivity and there is a small industry in breeding and hand rearing Senegal parrots and other parrots for the pet trade. In aviculture Senegal parrots can start to breed at the age of 3 to 4 years in captivity, but some do not breed until age 5 years.
Poicephalus parrots have been kept as pets and companion birds for centuries, the Senegal parrot perhaps being the most famous species. The trade in this species most likely began in the early 19th century, when Senegal parrots first appeared as companion birds in Europe. [4]
Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. In size they range from 8 cm (3.1 in) to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length. Most of the more than 150 species in this family are found in the New World. Brown-necked parrot, Poicephalus robustus; Senegal parrot, Poicephalus senegalus
Parrots, also known as psittacines (/ ˈ s ɪ t ə s aɪ n z /), [1] [2] are the 402 species of birds that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions, of which 387 are extant. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the ...
The most common era or years that feral parrots were released to non-native environments was from the 1890s to the 1940s, during the wild-caught parrot era. In the psittacosis "parrot fever" panic of 1930, "One city health commissioner urged everyone who owned a parrot to wring its neck. People abandoned their pet parrots on the streets." [30]
In the wild, parrotlets travel in flocks ranging in size from about four to over a hundred birds. Most species travel in flocks of about five to forty. They form lifelong, tight pair bonds with their chosen mates. [citation needed]
The wild red-fronted parrot population in Africa is difficult to estimate, because of its vast range. [1] They are potentially threatened by trapping of wild parrots for the pet trade; [9] They are listed on appendix II of The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species , along with almost all other parrot species. [10]
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is a 2003 documentary film directed, produced, and edited by Judy Irving. It chronicles the relationship between Mark Bittner , an unemployed musician who lives rent-free in a cabin in the Telegraph Hill -neighborhood of San Francisco , and a flock of feral parrots that he feeds and looks after.