African Grey Parrot
by Eva Lechner
Title
African Grey Parrot
Artist
Eva Lechner
Medium
Photograph - Photograph-fine Art
Description
The African grey parrot is a medium-sized, predominantly grey, black-billed parrot. Their average weight is 400 grams (0.88 lb), with an average length of 33 centimetres and an average wingspan of 46–52 cm. The Congo species is a lighter grey, with darker grey over the head and both wings, while the head and body feathers have a slight white edge to them. The tail feathers are red. The Timneh is a darker gray and has a dark maroon colored tail as well as having a portion of their beak being light pink in color. Due to artificial selection by parrot breeders, some Congo African grey parrots are partially or completely red. Both sexes appear similar. The coloration of juveniles is similar to that of adults, but the eye is typically dark grey to black, in comparison to the yellow irises around dark eyes of the adult birds.The undertail coverts are also tinged with grey. The adults weigh between 418 and 526 grams.
African grey parrots may live for 40–60 years in captivity, although their mean lifespan in the wild appears to be shorter at about 23 years.
Distribution and habitat
The African grey parrot is native to equatorial Africa, including Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda. The species is found inside a range from Kenya to the eastern part of the Ivory Coast. Between 120,100 and 259,000 Timneh African gray parrots remain worldwide
Original fine art photography by Eva Lechner.Texture added for an artistic enhancement
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June 26th, 2017
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Comments (8)
Lena Owens OLena Art
Beautiful, close up capture of that smart and wonderful creature, Eva! L♥ved and F♡ved
Don Columbus
Congratulations Eva, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings"! I invite you to place it in the group's "2017 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Victoria Harrington
Magnificent parrot. You have caught his red feather belly feathers so well. Great job with the background, too. I love the "drips" behind his head.
Anita Faye
Eva, lovely parrot portrait! Featured on Poetic Poultry! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html