Important Facts About The African Grey Parrot
There are different species of animals loved by human beings and particularly kept as domestic animals or pets. The choice of individual selection of favourite animals differs by their natural likeness for such animal or it's general usefulness to human beings or the combination of both.
The African grey parrot hails from the psittacidae family of parrot birds. This species of psittacus erithacus exhibits great intelligence.
African grey parrot is a normal sized grey coloured parrot with black bic and red tail feathers. It has other slight colors but is predominantly grey as the overall color and typically possesses dark grey or black eye colors. Grey parrots are found in few African countries like Kenya, Congo, Cameroon, Uganda etc and their lifespan ranges from twenty to sixty years of age. This is specially true for the domestic companion parrots as the wild birds has been recorded to live shorter lives.
The uniqueness of African gray parrots stems from its ability to communicate intelligible words to its owner and it's lively interactive
personality, making it a perfect recommendation for companionship animals.
African grey parrot is noted for its high level of intelligence and retentive memory capable or learning different musics, languages and imitation of different animal sounds. A trained Grey Parrot can recognize members of the household and their individual voices. It has the ability to record discussions and repeat wordings like a normal recorder. This shows that parrots can serve as agents of security in a home as it can repeat the discussions of strangers in case of a break-in or homicide.
African grey parrots are highly social species whose vital survival is based on their socialization with the flocks of parrots or humans they reside with. They enjoy extensive attention due to heir sensitive nature and are pron to hastened aging when they are socially isolated.
CONCLUSION
African grey parrots are great human companion shown in their interactive natures and they are known to liven the atmosphere of the home they reside with their mimicking ability.
