Parrots ( lat. Psittacidae ) - a family of birds of the order parrot . Includes about 330 species.
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Parrots first appeared in Russia , probably in 1490 : the ambassador of the Roman king Maximilian, Yuri Delator, presented gifts to the Grand Duchess Sophia Fominichna “a bird hit and cloth gray” [1] . The word parrot was first mentioned in written sources in the Property List of Boris Godunov in 1589 [2] .
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Classification
Currently, the parrot family is divided into five subfamilies:
- Woodpeckers ( Micropsitta ). They live in New Guinea and nearby islands. The smallest members of the family. The length of their body does not exceed 10 cm, the wings - about 6-7 cm.
- Loriinae ( Loriinae ). They live in Australia, New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and the Philippines. Some taxonomy distinguish in a separate family.
- Real parrots ( Psittacinae ). They live mainly in Africa and America , but are also found in Australia ; with a short, straight cropped or rounded tail. Live in the trees.
- Owls or earthen parrots ( Strigopinae ) characterize the New Zealand zoogeographic region and resemble owls in their appearance. They have remarkably soft feathers. Four related species live under the roots of trees and in burrows.
- Nestorina parrots ( Nestorinae ). They live on the islands of New Zealand .
Taxonomy List
Figurative meanings
- A parrot in Russian is used to denote a “repeating word” (by the ability of parrots to reproduce sound).
- “Parrot” refers to an unknown unit of measurement (according to the story of “ 38 parrots ” by Gregory Oster and the animated film based on it, in which the length of a boa constrictor was measured in “parrots”).
- A parrot is called something that has a bright, causing a combination of colors or coloring.
Life
Contrary to the widespread misconception that the life expectancy of parrots can reach 100 years or more, this is by no means true: rarely, when their age exceeds 50 years. Although there is information about parrots 65-70 years old. [3] [4]
According to the Green Parrot Hospital, the life expectancy of captive budgies is 12–13 years, with 1 out of 100 budgerigars surviving up to 16 years, and 1 out of several thousand budgies is living up to 18-19 years. Also, in the Bird Hospital, the life expectancy in captivity of the Cuban Amazons is precisely determined - they have an old age of 35 years, and they practically do not overcome the 40-year threshold of life.
Notes
- ↑ Ivan Zabelin “Home Life of Russian Tsars in the 16th and 17th Centuries”. - M .: Transitbook, 2005. - S. 192. - ISBN 5-9578-2773-8
- ↑ Fasmer's Etymological Dictionary.
- ↑ Parrot Life Span - Encyclopedia of Bird Owner
- ↑ Life expectancy of animals (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment July 14, 2012. Archived on April 28, 2012.