Parrot - Ottawa, Ontario
Posted by: Weathervane
N 45° 25.928 W 075° 40.687
18T E 446957 N 5031180
Located on Rideau Street, this artistically decorated utility box, created to commemorate Canada's 150th anniversary, features a parrot, from brothers Aiden and Nick Glynn's Kingdoms Cross series.
Waymark Code: WM11TJ7
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 12/17/2019
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This multi-coloured parrot is in the process of landing down on a tree in Besserer Park. He looks around to be sure there are no eagles in the area as he would hate to be harassed on a beautiful sunny day with heathy berries there for the picking. After flitting from branch to branch, while eating the delicious offerings, he suddenly remembers that his female partner or hen and the chicks were waiting to leave on their migration to warmer climes as they absolutely abhor the freezing weather contrary to some breeds of parrots that thrives in it.
Parrots
Parrots are members of the order Psittaciformes, which includes more than 350 bird species, including parakeets, macaws, cockatiels and cockatoos, according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Though there are many types of parrots, all parrot species have a few traits in common. For example, to be classified as a parrot, the bird must have a curved beak, and its feet must be zygodactyl, which means there are four toes on each foot with two toes that point forward and two that point backward.
Size
Because the parrot order includes so many different species, parrot sizes vary widely. Parrots can range in size from about 3.5 to 40 inches (8.7 to 100 centimeters) and weigh 2.25 to 56 ounces (64 g to 1.6 kg), on average. The world's heaviest type of parrot is the kakapo, which can weigh up to 9 lbs. (4 kg). The smallest parrot is the buff-faced pygmy parrot, which is only about 3 inches (8 cm) tall and weighs
Habitat
Most wild parrots live in the warm areas of the Southern Hemisphere, though they can be found in many other regions of the world, such as northern Mexico. Australia, South America and Central America have the greatest diversity of parrot species.
Not all parrots like warm weather, though. Some parrots like to live in snowy climates. A few cold-weather parrots are maroon-fronted parrots, thick-billed parrots and keas.
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