Jaco parrot species

Overall length brown-tail Jaco 31-32 cm, wing length 20-21 cm, tail length of 8 cm, weight about 330, the upper part of the beak at the base of the pink, the tip blackish, the middle portion nadklyuvya yellow-gray color. Plumage dark gray, the chest and abdomen light gray. The tail feathers are dark maroon, pale yellow iris. Sometimes there are gray parrots, which, except for the red tail feathers, there are still red feathers on the abdomen or chest. Some of the abdomen broad red stripe.

Birds have such a rare color, called royal Jacquot. There are birds in the beautiful red pants and red wings. Such instances are rare and are valued more expensive than usual. Generally, a variety of deviation in color of plumage and size are related, apparently, with different areas of distribution. Jacko lives in the tropical forests of Africa to Angola, Congo, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia = Red-Jacko - in southern areas, burohvosty - in the north. Most-gray parrots live in the dense mangroves along the banks of rivers, particularly in estuaries.

Even at the end of last century birds are boundless noisy flocks. Now more often groups than the pack. Communities of birds are kept just outside the breeding season, breeding pair is separated from the group and selects a site for the nest. Non-breeding birds gather in flocks at night and roost in the tallest trees. In the morning when obsohnet plumage, the birds flock to the fields of feed corn poluzreloy, often they are quite spoiled ears, causing serious damage to agriculture.

Jaco did not evade their attention and banana plantations. Flying from tree to tree, they collect the fruits, nuts and berries; readily eat the seeds of oil palms. Gray parrots fly hard, they fly like the flying ducks. The trees they climb quite embarrassing, but on the ground and completely helpless.

In nature, Jaco - noisy birds are loud and piercing scream, flying from tree to tree. They are shy and do not let people close to him.