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Today I bring you the last publication of this week that has been dedicated to parrots and macaws that are located in Australia, some areas of Africa and where more are concentrated in the great forests of South America, today it is Kramer's turn to parrot. It is necessary to create conservation policies if we really want these birds to endure over time, it is estimated that ¼ of the total population is left in its natural state because the rest have died from changes in climate and hunting to be sold as pets. Come with me to know some of its main characteristics.
Its scientific name is Psittacula krameri belongs to the family of parrots and are located between Africa and South Asia, its average size is about 40 centimeters another common name is parrot necklace. They are also known to be very noisy.
This is one of the most commercialized species in the world of the great market of exotic pets, which has meant a serious problem of constant threat to their survival, although their sexual maturity reaches two years or three, bone can reproduce quickly, the female can lay up to 6 eggs in reproductive season being an exclusive task of the female, the eggs hatch in just 23 days that will be fed by the parents, and in two weeks the chicks ay are feathered and ready to feed themselves by their means.
As for their diet, we have that these parrots feed mainly on buds of tender leaves of some tree species, they also eat high quantities of fruits, being the seeds the least consumed by these exotic birds. Their wings have a wingspan of 50 cm, its color is very intense green with enough luminance, and its peak of a dark reddish tone, perhaps one of the most distinctive features of these beautiful birds is a kind of mark that has around its neck, a necklace as an ornament that identifies both males and females.
They build their nests on trees, and especially where they can find large sources of water and abundant food. Therefore they live in tropical forests between Africa, and Asia including India as one of the countries with more natural reserves of these specimens.
In the 70s it reached Europe, specifically the Netherlands, after having been raised the escaped bird and began to procreate becoming an invasive bird that has put at risk the lives of other species because they are very aggressive and territorial. But I think this is positive because it generates awareness about the commercialization of exotic birds in countries where it is not their own habitat, something similar happened with the Africanized bees that were brought to Brazil by a scientist who wanted to create a super race of bees for honey production, the end was fatal, even today the bees have ended up with colonies of native bees and have also killed thousands of people.
The purpose of these publications beyond showing the characteristics is to raise awareness about the biodiversity of the planet, are many centuries of inadequate management of all species, only by the whim of domesticating the species even remove them from their environment which further worsens the situation.
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