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  2. Blood parrot cichlid - Wikipedia

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    The Blood Parrot Cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus × Vieja melanurus), or parrot cichlid, is a hybrid species of fish in the family Cichlidae. [1] The fish was first bred in Taiwan around 1986. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Blood parrots should not be confused with other parrot cichlids or salt water parrotfish (family Scaridae). [ 4 ]

  3. Kea - Wikipedia

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    The kea is a large parrot measuring 46 to 50 cm (18 to 20 in) in total length, with some specimens possibly reaching 55 cm (22 in). [18] [19] [20] Adult kea weigh between 750 and 1,000 g (1.65 and 2.20 lb), with males averaging 956 g (2.108 lb) and females averaging 779 g (1.717 lb).

  4. Cichlid - Wikipedia

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    Some have called blood parrot cichlids "the Frankenstein monster of the fish world". [116] Another notable hybrid, the flowerhorn cichlid, was very popular in some parts of Asia from 2001 until late 2003, and is believed to bring good luck to its owner. [117] The popularity of the flowerhorn cichlid declined in 2004. [118]

  5. Flowerhorn cichlid - Wikipedia

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    By 1994, red devil cichlids (typically Amphilophus labiatus) and trimac cichlids (A. trimaculatus) had been imported from Central America to Malaysia and the hybrid blood parrot cichlid had been imported from Taiwan to Malaysia. These fish were then bred together, marking the birth of the flowerhorn.

  6. Bird - Wikipedia

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    Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5.5 cm ... parrots, and other species ... [93] and it fills with lymphatic fluid instead of blood when erect. [94 ...

  7. List of parrots - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Parrot - Wikipedia

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    Living species range in size from the buff-faced pygmy parrot, at under 10 g (0.4 oz) in weight and 8 cm (3.1 in) in length, [36]: 149 ...

  9. Blood-eared parakeet - Wikipedia

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    The blood-eared parakeet is about 25 cm (9.8 in) long and weighs 64 to 74 g (2.3 to 2.6 oz). The sexes are the same. Adults of the nominate subspecies are slaty gray from forehead to mid-crown, with bare white skin around the eye and bright terracotta ear coverts that give it its English name. Their nape feathers are green with yellow edges and ...