The African Grey Parrot

African Grey Parrot (Psittacus Erithacus)
African Grey Parrot is confined to the equatorial forest belt from Guinea Bissau to Kakamega Forest in western Kenya. In Uganda, she was found in appropriate habitat across the south, north to Kaniyo Pabidi in Murchison falls protected areas, through the Mabira Forest and sses Islands. Various tour companies can arrange to have a guide who can spot these birds as Abacus African Vacations is for me.
This beautiful Parrot has two described races or types which are physically different in appearance, bright name, which is scientifically known as Psittacus Erithacus in Central and Eastern Africa and darker PE timneh on the west by Cline of escalating size of the west to the istoku.Spola similar, the male becomes darker with age and the young bird is said to adults so gray, not yellow Iris.
This is a parrot, something covered in the size of the gray parrot head suahelicus piocephalus (seen only in Uganda, the Mgahinga and Bwindi, ruhiza national parks), and usually seen flying overhead in flocks of 20-20, uttering a series of screams, screeches, pops , whistles and croaks. Its application as a very popular pet proves to be the cause of its increasing rarity in nature, through illegal collecting, and habitat destruction.
There are only 21 species of parrots in Africa compared to 52 in Australia and 70 in South America.
Traditionally, these species would be far more widespread in the Forest Biome, but the fragmentation of forest cover on their range has been reduced to isolated pockets of population in the forest.
In Kampala, we see them mostly in the morning and at night come from the perch. They especially like oil palm fruits, many of whom are mature trees in Kampala, planted years ago as an ornamental specimen.
Birds flock together at night in the traditional communal roost sites (in Gabon traditional roosts of birds were recorded from 5 to 10.000!) I go in the morning until fruiting trees, sometimes flying great distances to feed.