{"id":93404,"date":"2020-08-28T11:36:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T16:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windycityparrot.com\/blog\/?p=16253"},"modified":"2020-08-28T11:36:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T16:36:23","slug":"how-do-parrots-avoid-predators-in-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?p=93404","title":{"rendered":"How Do Parrots Avoid Predators in the Wild?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coloration and silence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bird calls that can be repeated from bird to bird for miles are one signal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Birds are noisy unless a predator is spotted, silence translates to a broadcast message of danger.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Feathered factoid: parrots in the wild spend 60% of their time seeking food and 40%of their time trying not to be food<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Flight is helpful and although you hear about predatory birds like falcons, their in-flight kills an average of less than 20%.<\/span><\/p>\n

Parrots are some of the most colorful birds and they make color work for them.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the wild, females Eclectus breed in deep in hollow trees<\/a> for safety, ergo their (red) coloring is very hard to see in the dark space they raise babies in.<\/span><\/p>\n

Male Eclectus parrots are green because they spend most of their time foraging for food among trees which are green so it’s a safety mechanism for them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Warning graphic content!<\/span><\/p>\n

Patagonian conure parrots (the size of a Timneh African Grey)\u00a0<\/span>are this color because they reside underground and under rocks. (see featured image above).<\/span><\/p>\n

Only one species of parrots builds and lives in nests and that\u2019s the monk parakeet aka Quakers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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