A third of all parrot species are threatened or endangered.
Some species of parrot use the left foot to pick up food.
Of the ten parrot species, eight are special to Sulawesi.
It is a small parrot species of the Psittaculidae family.
Due to their very bright, pure colors they are considered among the more beautiful parrot species.
Several species of parrot have been reported to live for perhaps over 100 years, but these (at least in 1983) were not considered authenticated.
In this work he described many new parrot species.
Unlike many other species of parrot they are relatively easy to breed yet difficult to hand feed.
Compared to other parrot species (Amazons for example) they are very quiet.
Early European visitors reported finding a species of parrot on the island, which subsequently became extinct.
