Facts On Birds
Did you notice that the beak of a bird directly corresponds to the type of the died it eats in the wild?
Did you know that the world's smallest owl is the elf owl? It is of the size of a sparrow and weighs only 1.5 ounce.
There are some parrot species that fly over 500 miles a day in the wild to forage for food.
The kiwi of New Zealand is the only bird without wings.
Grackles are able to imitate human speech better than parrots.
Egg of a Royal Albatross will normally take 79 days to hatch.
The most long lived parrot on record is a Blue and Gold Macaw named Charlie. It is reported to have been owned by Winston Churchill, and is believed to be 104 years of age. (source: BBC, now BBC reported this in 2004 and the parrot was still alive, it might have lived even after that and if the parrot is still alive it would be around 110 years old. Read the interesting story about Charlie yourself at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3410893.stm.)
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Did you know that the world's smallest owl is the elf owl? It is of the size of a sparrow and weighs only 1.5 ounce.
There are some parrot species that fly over 500 miles a day in the wild to forage for food.
The kiwi of New Zealand is the only bird without wings.
Grackles are able to imitate human speech better than parrots.
Egg of a Royal Albatross will normally take 79 days to hatch.
The most long lived parrot on record is a Blue and Gold Macaw named Charlie. It is reported to have been owned by Winston Churchill, and is believed to be 104 years of age. (source: BBC, now BBC reported this in 2004 and the parrot was still alive, it might have lived even after that and if the parrot is still alive it would be around 110 years old. Read the interesting story about Charlie yourself at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3410893.stm.)
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