the African gray-parrot is the language-most gifted and most intelligent one of its family. So, it can imitate the human voice genuinely deceptive until in details of the intonation and sound. it develops this "imitation-urge" however predominantly in captivity.
In Africa, notably few parrot-types live to lead back what on the dryness ruling in many areas or the lack of fruit-fundamental trees maybe is. The gray-parrot is one of the little of these African parrot-types. With approximately 36 cm of length, it is the biggest African parrot furthermore. Special marks are the nuancierte gray plumages, to which sets tail-feathers red a counterpoint the shining, and the unbefiederte, white field about the eyes.
The gray-parrot lives in the central and western Africa in two subtypes. it is a forest-inhabitant, that mainly itself from fruits, berries, buds, blooms and seeds nourishes. On the search of food, gray-parrots roam in swarms - they are stand-birds otherwise.
Gray-parrots frequently fly in big heights. its flight is swift and linear. The parrots rather shy in the homestead communicate through shrill whistles and Kreischlaute. Gray-parrots brood in tree-caves. The three to four squabs need almost three months in order to become fully-fledged. Gray-parrots become very old like many parrot-types; 60 years and is no rarity more.
The gray-parrot belongs to the language-most gifted parrots. So, it was one of the first parrots, who reached to Europe as pet. Gray-parrots, who were reared under relatively natural conditions in a brood-cave of its parents, are frequent relatively shy and fearful and don't set aside this natural fear-ness opposite the human being for years. Handaufgezogene gray-parrots are quite trustful from the beginning mostly since they are embossed on the people.
If one decides to hold a gray-parrot, one therefore should know exactly which one expects from it and has which prehistory it. One would like gray-parrots, who were reared by its parents, to prefer what surely is, so one should preferably several animals buys, since the human being can be no adequate substitute for Artgenossen with such birds. On the other side, hand-come up gray-parrots connect narrowly to its keeper. This also means, however, that one must be willing to constantly occupy themselves with them. Alternatively, they show "neurotic" behaviors, like the Ausrupfen of the own feathers, soon. One always also should consider of course that a young gray-parrot is a "purchase für's lives" and becomes old with its keeper.
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