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African Greys, as the name indicates, are native to the Congo region of Central Africa, where their biggest predators are humans, who capture tens of thousands of them every year for pet trading ...
Image credits: Ok-File-6997 Animal shelters in the US had a busy 2023, with over 6.5 million pets entering shelters and rescue organizations. That’s 3.3 million cats and 3.2 million dogs. It was ...
In the United States, adoption is the process of creating a legal parent–child relationship between a child and a parent who was not automatically recognized as the child's parent at birth. Most adoptions in the US are adoptions by a step-parent. The second most common type is a foster care adoption. In those cases, the child is unable to ...
The grey parrot is medium-sized, predominantly grey and black-billed. Its typical weight is 400 g (14 oz), with an approximate length of 33 cm (13 in), [8] and a wingspan of 46–52 cm (18– 20 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). [9] The head and wings are generally darker than the body. The head and body feathers have slight white edges; the tail feathers are red.
At 45–51 cm (18–20 in) in length, the African grey hornbill is a large bird, although it is one of the smaller hornbills. Its plumage is grey and brown, with the head, flight feathers and long tail being of a darker shade. There is a white line down each side of the crown and another down the back which is only visible in flight.
It looks like Tulip trusts her new mom and she looks so happy in her palm! Commenters were happy to witness this milestone moment. @Christine Arnold-Sch shared, "That little face! Love the way she ...
Psittacus is a genus of African grey parrots in the subfamily Psittacinae. It contains two species: the grey parrot ( Psittacus erithacus ) and the Timneh parrot ( Psittacus timneh ). For many years, the grey parrot and Timneh parrot were classified as subspecies; the former as the nominate, the latter as P. e. timneh .
Note that the map assumes that the Eastern grey woodpecker (Picidae spodocephalus) is split from the African grey woodpecker. The distribution is based on: Fuchs, J.; Pons, J.-M.; Bowie, R.C.K. (2017). "Biogeography and diversification dynamics of the African woodpeckers". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.