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World Parrot Day is held every year on May 31 to raise awareness of the threat to wild and captive parrots around the world. It is also a day to learn more about this intelligent and wonderful bird…

The World Parrot Trust organized the first World Parrot Day in 2004. They held a parrot gathering at Trafalgar Square in London and marched to Downing Street to deliver a petition calling for a complete ban on the import of wild parrots into the European Union. In 2007, the European Commission announced a permanent ban on the import of wild birds, including parrots. There are currently about 350 species of parrots in the world, with nearly half of them being threatened and a quarter of them critically endangered. Some interesting facts about parrots include their long lifespan, their monogamous behavior, and their strong beaks. Celebrating World Parrot Day can involve visiting parrots in a local zoo or bird sanctuary, learning more about different species of parrots, supporting organizations that protect and rescue parrots, watching documentaries about parrots, and sharing photos, videos, and stories of parrots on social media.

When you imagine a parrot, you probably imagine a colorful bird that speaks or imitates sounds. Both of these things apply to most parrots, but not to everyone. Even parrots who can't speak are still considered intelligent. The most intelligent parrot is the gray parrot. It is believed that a particular bird of this species, named Alex, has the intelligence of a five-year-old child. Alex knew the colors, the shapes and over 100 English words. In addition to the African grey parrot, other popular types of correlous parrots, Fischer's doves, parrots monks, cacadure, amazon parrots and ar.

There are currently about 350 species of parrots in the world. Almost half of these species are endangered. About a quarter of all kinds of parrots are critically endangered. Destruction of natural habitats, hunting and illegal wild parrot trade are the reasons why some species have become endangered.

Here are some other interesting facts about parrots:

Some parrots live for over 60 years.
Parrots usually mate in the wild for life.
The beak of the parrot is so strong that it can break a metal cage.
The largest parrot, the cocoa, weighs over 4 kilograms and cannot fly.
In India, it is against the law to put parrots and other birds in a cage.
Another crazy fact is that a group of parrots is called pandemonium. This is quite convenient, considering that the word pandemonium means wild and noisy.

How to celebrate #WorldParrotDay

Check out the parrots at your local zoo or bird reservation.
Learn more about different types of parrots.
Contribute to the protection of parrots or a rescue group of parrots.
Take a look at the natural history document about parrots, such as "Parrot Confidential".
Read about these famous parrots: Dancing parrot Snowball and Poll, bilingual parrot of President Andrew Jackson.
Share your favorite photo, video or story of a parrot on social media with #WorldParrotDay


Today we celebrate World Parrot Day and tomorrow, June 1, we celebrate International Children's Day. Reward your good children and the right bad guys by visiting the zoo, where they keep parrots.

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