Zygodactylous – The gray parrot (Psittacus erithacus) The parrot is restricted to the equatorial forest belt from Guinea-Bissau to Kakamega Forest in western Kenya. In Uganda it is in suitable habitats in the south, north to Murchison Falls Kaniyo Pabidi protected areas, through the forest, Mabira Ssese Islands. Various travel agencies arranged guides who can identify this bird as Abacus African Vacations, she has done for me. This beautiful Parrot has two races or forms that are physically describes different in appearance, the paler name, scientifically Psittacus erithacus in central East Africa and the darker timneh EP West, after using a gradient known escalating size from west to east . The sexes are similar, the male darker with age and the young bird is not an adult by a gray, yellow iris said. Parrot is a large fly, easily covered by the size of parrot suahelicus piocephalus (seen only in Uganda, Bwindi and Mgahinga National Park ruhiza seen head) and most frequently in flocks of 20-20, pushing a series of screams, squeals, persistent organic pollutants, whistles and croaks. Its use as a popular pet, it turns out the cause of their increasing rarity in the wild, by the illegal collection and destruction of habitats. There are only 21 species of parrots in Africa, compared to 52 in Australia and 70 in South America. Traditionally, this case would have been much more common in the forest biome, but the fragmentation of the forest was covered in his area, reduced populations in isolated forest patches. In Kampala, we see them usually come in the morning and evening and off the shelf. They are particularly of palm fruit oil, of which there are many mature trees fond in Kampala, planted years ago as an ornamental tree. Flock of birds roost at night, and traditional communal roost sites (Gabon traditional 5 to 10.000 birds have been recorded!) And leave in the morning for fruit trees sometimes fly great distances to feed. Be confined to the equator, it has no pattern of seasonal migration, but the fly in response to the fruiting trees at different seasons. During the rainy season, he is on the fruiting of forest trees of capital not to travel far, but during the dry season, it will often be eating away from the forest into agricultural land of corn, causing considerable damage to crops subsistence. It can be seen flying over Lake Victoria, between the islands and forests in and around patches Sesse Masaka, a distance of 50km. African gray parrots nest in large trees in old forest stands that have a lot of dead wood to support the natural caves. They use holes and lay 2-4 eggs Peak White. Parrots are the only birds that have a mobile upper jaw, the upper transition was a skull mounted on the hinge. You can have enormous power with the bill, which is open even the toughest nuts and fruit exercise. Your feet are the most remarkable, not only to use it to do like other birds, but to keep up with both hands, eating like a stick of sugar cane in the same way, so that we as men. Instead of the normal feet of birds, three forward one back, they have two toes forward and two backwards (Zygodactyls). These feet with the bill, which he uses to keep the branches combined, allow the bird to climb very well along the brittle branches to reach fruit at the end, to him an advantage over other birds of their size, not in the physical are able to board the same way. Because of its impressive natural vocabulary and range of calls, they are very willing to try new sounds in and around their environment. This is a special attraction for the bird as a pet, which imitates everything from Handy to rinse! Parrots usually live to an age-Crested Cockatoo famous London Zoo has lived for 126 years! Without the pressure of survival in nature Greys live to 60 years in captivity, and about 40-50 in the wild. If their breeding habitat away, it will be booming for years by mistake not seen, but not reproduction. Finally, the population is too old to reproduce, and suddenly died over a short period of time. The main enemy other than man to prey on the gray parrot, Black Hawk, Accipiter the largest family, sometimes seen in Kampala and Entebbe. . The Predator is the secret nature, ambushed its prey with a blanket. Others include Ayres Hawk Eagle and African Harrier Hawk (or Gymnogene) him with his long-special, double legs broken on the bird’s nest-hole to reach in order to achieve the chicks. With old-growth forests outside reserves severely depleted of important breeding habitat in suburban areas can be simulated. Firewood has a lot of pressure on hole nesting birds and those that feed on invertebrates, by collecting dead wood, which is in a forest as important as the wood-line. An exciting activity for the purpose is to try to install nest boxes parrot. Who with a garden in Kampala medium and large trees have to win the embodied energy in trying to introduce various models to see if they are used. A box-shaped base 250 by 250 cm wide and 600cm long with an entrance hole diameter of 12 cm can attract parrots in it. It can also win bees is so careful to know, is located where. I had a pair of brown parrots nest in a field in a suburb of Kampala Muyenga and a pair of Starling Burchell to Kawempe. Black and white hornbills Helmeted can also enormously grateful a case of beer, tea or company was nest-box, they were ready to go. There may be more than 2,000 animal Greys in Kampala, after the majority were caught in the wild. Bird breeders, to breed African Greys, adapt to a closed ring around the leg of the chick before it is too large. Therefore, an adult is probably a closed ring with a bird reared in captivity.
