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Grey Parrot
Psittacus erithacus (Grey Parrot · ヨウム)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its weight of 407 g is about seven chicken eggs (about 60 g) (Comparison).
- 💡 It is one of the most popular pet birds in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East, and trade was so heavy that nearly 360,000 wild-caught birds were recorded exported between 1994 and 2003.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Grey Parrot is a gray parrot living in the forests of West and Central Africa, widely known as a pet bird skilled at mimicking speech. Its IUCN status is Endangered (EN).
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body is various shades of gray with a strikingly red tail. It has bare white facial skin and white edges on its gray feathers that create a lacy pattern, while one of its subspecies, the Timneh, is smaller and darker.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
In the wild, it feeds mainly on nuts and fruits supplemented with leaves, insects, bark, and flowers. It gathers in large, noisy flocks morning and evening to roost in trees overhanging water, matures at 3–5 years of age, and pairs for life.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List EN (2021) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22724813/154428817
- • IUCN Red List category EN — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 154428817
- • wikidata.org — Q220328
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Perroquet à Yampopo Beach - Douala.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Psittacus erithacus
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.