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Parrots have a lovable personality. They are particularly known for their intelligence and ability to talk back. If you too admire this colorful bird, here are 20 fun facts about parrots that you'd love to know.

1. A parrot named Waldo is the lead and only vocalist of the death metal band, Hatebeak.

2. Parrots eat a lot like humans. They hold their food in one foot and bring it up to their beak and eat it. Parrot is the only bird (excluding birds of prey) that can hold its food up to its beak.

3. There are approximately 393 various species of parrots on Earth.

4. Porcupine Parrot (or Australian Night Parrot) was once thought to be extinct when there were no sightings of it between 1912 and 1979. It's an endangered species as sightings since 1979 have been very rare. It is assumed that their population is between 50 and 249.

5. Keeping a parrot as a pet is banned in India and can put you behind bars. Indian birds are categorized as wild animals, thus caging them is illegal under the wild protection act.

6. Parrots don't have any vocal cords. They talk by controlling their throat muscles. They direct the airflow in specific ways to generate different sounds and tones.

7. A large group of parrots is known as the Pandemonium of Parrots.

8. Kakapo (also known as Owl parrot) is the world's largest and only flightless parrot. Its average lifespan is 95 years. It's a critically endangered species and only 209 adult living individuals are left. These parrots are kept safe at 2 predator-free islands to help them survive and grow easily.

9. Kea parrot is the only alpine parrot in the world.

10. Hyacinth Macaw has the largest wingspan of 1.5 m (5 feet) among parrots. While flying, its width becomes greater than its length which is only 4 feet.

11. Parrots are social and live in groups of 20-30.

12. Buff faced pygmy is the smallest species of parrot. It's only 3 inches long.

13. Puck the parrot is a Guinness world record holder for knowing the most number of words. He knew 1700+ words.

14. Around one-third of the parrots in the world are on the edge of extinction because of poaching and habitat destruction.

15. As per experiments done by scientists, parrots have a brain of a 4-year-old kid. They can solve problems and can use various tools too.

16. Parrots have a really strong beak. Some parrots can even crack a coconut with their beak.

17. Being a social bird, parrots don't like to be left alone. They imitate sound to communicate and fit in their environment.

18. A male and female parrot's love doesn't see any season. They stay together even after the breeding season has passed. Though they part ways if somehow they fail to produce a chick.

19. Baby parrots are called chicks. They see the world two weeks after they're born when they open their eyes for the first time.

20. Like most of us humans, parrots are also omnivores. They eat seeds, nuts, fruit, flowers, insects, etc.

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