Parrot is a bird with many colorful feathers and love to call. It is a typical bird climber, with toe-to-toe feet, two toes forward and two toes backward, suitable for grasping, and its beak is strong and powerful, so it can eat hard-shelled fruits. Feathers are brightly colored and often kept as pets. They are more appreciated and loved by people because of their beautiful feathers and good human language skills.
It is distributed in the vast area of temperate, sub-tropical and tropical regions, with a wide variety of species, including 2 families, 82 genera and 358 species. It is one of the largest families of the ornithoptera, mainly distributed in tropical forests.
Living habits of parrots
Most parrots feed mainly on plant fruits, seeds, nuts, berries, tender shoots, etc. on trees or on the ground, and also eat less insects, while honey-sucking parrots feed mainly on pollen, nectar and soft and juicy fruits. It has been observed that the frequency of feeding with left and right feet of 10 species of parrots has been observed, and it is found that more than 72% of individuals tend to grab food with their left feet. The comparative anatomy of hind limb muscles shows that the left foot is obviously longer than the right foot, and the right foot is only slightly longer than the left foot.
In the process of feeding, parrots often cooperate with powerful hooked beaks and flexible toe-shaped feet. When climbing in the canopy to find food, first bite the branches with your mouth, and then keep up with your feet. When walking on a solid tree trunk, insert the tip of your mouth into the tree to balance your body to speed up your movement. When eating, one foot is often used as a hand to hold food and stuff it into the mouth.