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"I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home
which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which
growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon,
and a cat that comes home late at night."
- Maria Corelli
The Infinite Cat Project
Presented by Mike Stanfill, Private Hand
Illustration, Animation, Web Design
www.privatehand.com
Parrots or Psittacines (order Psittaciformes) includes about 353 species
of bird which are generally grouped into two families: the Cacatuidae
or cockatoos, and the Psittacidae or true parrots. The term parrot is
generally used for both the entire order as well as for the Psittacidae
alone.
All members of the order have a characteristic curved beak shape with the upper mandible having slight mobility in the joint with the skull and a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back.
Parrots can be found in most of the warm parts of the world, including India, southeast Asia and west Africa, with one species, now extinct, in the United States (the Carolina Parakeet). By far the greatest number of parrot species, however, come from Australasia, South America and Central America...
All members of the order have a characteristic curved beak shape with the upper mandible having slight mobility in the joint with the skull and a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back.
Parrots can be found in most of the warm parts of the world, including India, southeast Asia and west Africa, with one species, now extinct, in the United States (the Carolina Parakeet). By far the greatest number of parrot species, however, come from Australasia, South America and Central America...