Have you been hankering for a cracker, well has polly got one for you today as we look at Parrots. This is a big old family of birds, so join me as we do a speed run of parrots and find out what these birds are all about.

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Notes:

• Parrot beaks: https://parrotjunkie.com/blogs/health/parrot-beak-anatomy
• Tripedal locomotion: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.0245#:~:text=Our%20findings%20demonstrate%20that%20parrots,substrate%20reaction%20forces%20and%20power.
• Lorikeet Tongue: https://www.psittacology.com/lorikeet-tongue-diet/
• Powder Down: https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/powder-down
• Old World Parrots: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/psitta4/cur/introduction
• New World Parrots: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/psitta3/cur/introduction
• Cockatoos: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/cacatu2/cur/introduction#:~:text=Cockatoos%20are%20large%20parrots%20of,also%20the%20most%20widely%20recognized.
• New Zealand Parrots: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/strigo1/cur/introduction#genusNestor
• Kea: https://www.firstlighttravel.com/blog/cheeky-kea
• Alex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_(parrot)
• Burrowing Parrots: https://ebird.org/species/burpar
• Eclectus Parrot: https://ebird.org/species/eclpar4?siteLanguage=en_AU
• Orange-Bellied Parrot: https://ebird.org/species/orbpar1
• Greater Vasa Parrot: https://ebird.org/species/vaspar1