Facts about Meyer's Parrots
The Meyer's Parrot is a small parrot, it is about 21 cm long. Meyer's parrots display a dull brown head, back and tail, green or blue-green abdomen, blue rump and yellow markings. Meyer's parrots are native to the plateau woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa where they occur in several woodland types including miombo, savanna woodlands, wooded grasslands and forests bordering watercourses or agricultural land. The Meyer's parrot nests in tree cavities. Their clutch has three to four white eggs. Their eggs are incubated for about 28 days before hatching. Their wild diet includes fruits, seeds, nuts, berries and cultivated crops. Although they normally travel in pairs or small flocks, wild Meyer's Parrots may gather in much larger numbers where food is plentiful. In drought years they wander in search of food. Their chicks leave the nest about 60 days after hatching. |
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