Grey parrot
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African grey parrots roost in trees over water.
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African grey parrots roost in trees over water.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Grey parrot
- Scientific name
- Psittacus erithacus
- Japanese name
- ヨウム
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Genus
- Psittacus
It is a parrot of central and western Africa that lives mainly in moist lowland forests.
Its body is covered mostly in gray feathers, its tail feathers are red, and its face has bare white patches.
It is very intelligent, and it is said that it can copy human words and even understand their meaning to communicate with people.
How the Grey parrot lives
At daybreak, the flock calls before setting out to forage. During the day, they split into smaller flocks and fly far to find food. They call when they return to their roost at dusk.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Weight
- average 407 g
- Lifespan
- 40–60 years in captivity
- Diet
- Nuts, fruit, leaves, insects, bark and flowers
- Range
- Forest belt of central and West Africa, including Príncipe
Where the Grey parrot has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ヨウム
- 简体中文
- 非洲灰鹦鹉
- 繁體中文
- 非洲灰鸚鵡
- 한국어
- 회색앵무
- Español
- Loro yaco
- Français
- Perroquet jaco
- Deutsch
- Graupapagei
- Português (Brasil)
- Papagaio-cinzento
- Italiano
- Pappagallo cenerino
- العربية
- ببغاء رمادي إفريقي
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Nuri abu-abu afrika
- Русский
- Жако, серый попугай
- Türkçe
- Jako
- اردو
- سرمئی طوطا
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- よこはま動物園ズーラシア — ヨウムChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Psittacus erithacusChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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