Grey Parrot  

Also Known As: African Grey Parrot

Species Profile

Genus:
Psittacus

Species:
erithacus

Size:	Adult Weight:
Erithacus, 33cm (12.8 in); timneh, 30cm (11.7 in).	Erithacus 400g (14 oz); timneh 320g (11.2 oz)

Races including nominate:
two: P.e. erithacus, P.e. timneh

Colourization Adult: 
P.e. erithacus: both adults grey in colour with grey/white scalloping to feathers; flight feathers darker grey; red tail and lower undertail coverts. Bill black. Eye grey.P.e. timneh: both adults dark grey in colour, paler on rump and abdomen; dark grey lower undertail coverts tinged with dark red; dark burgundy tail, the feathers edged with brown. Upper mandible dark red tipped with black, lower mandible black; smaller in size.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but with grey tinged lower undertail coverts; tail tipped with red. Eye dark grey to black.

Call: Variety of whistles, squawks, shrieks, and screams given at rest and in flight; mimics other birds, and mammals. 

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