Parrots: Birds That Talk

A parrot is a bird. Many parrots are very colorful birds. They can be green, blue, yellow, red, black, and white. Many of them have three or four of these colors.
There are many different kinds of parrots. In fact, if you include all the birds in the parrot family, there are over 390 different kinds of parrots.
Different kinds of parrots are different sizes. The smallest ones are about 3 inches (8 centimetres) long. They weigh less than half an ounce (10 grams). That means it weighs les than two American quarters.
Find out more about this amazing animal and learn the answers to these questions:
How big is the biggest parrot?
How are a parrot's eyes different than the eyes of other birds?
How strong is a parrot's beak?
How long does a parrot live?
How does a parrot eat a poison seed?

Learn what a parrot looks like, where it lives, what it eats, who are its enemies, how babies are born, and other fun facts.

Reading Level 3.1
Ages 7 - 10
All measurements in American and metric.

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