Parrots Facts

Smaller parrots live 10 to 15 years.

Parrots have large heads and short necks.

Some American parrots are mostly blue or yellow.

Most parrots are predominantly green, especially the ones from South America.

Parrots weigh from just a few ounces to 3½ pounds.

Parrots range in size from the pygmy of the South Pacific which is only 3½ inches long to the hyacinth macaw which is about 10 inches long. Much of its length is in its long tail.

Parrots are divided into groups such as cockatoos, lories, lovebirds, macaws, and parakeets.

Three hundred and twenty-eight different species of parrots live on the Earth.

There are 315 species of parrot in the world.

Parrots cannot eat chocolate because it is poisonous to their body.