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bird and parrot
The Sisserou parrot is Dominica's national bird and is indigenous to its mountain forests.
As the exasperated Praline attempts to wake up the parrot, the shopkeeper tries to make the bird move by hitting the cage, and Praline erupts into a rage after banging " Polly Parrot " on the counter.
During this performance something occurs on stage that does not translate into audio, but causes the audience to break into hysterics upon Cleese's follow-up line " Now that's what I call a dead parrot "; since it occurs after the part of the sketch where Cleese bashes the dead bird on the counter, it's possible a part of the prop broke off.
** World-renowned bird expert Tony Silva is sentenced to 7 years in prison without parole, for leading an illegal parrot smuggling ring.
A myth persists that the bird in the seal is in fact, a parrot, as stated in some Freshmen orientation materials.
The curious appearance of the bird, with its large colourful bill and its striking piebald plumage, has given rise to nicknames such as '" clown of the ocean " and " sea parrot ".
The plumage was extraordinarily colorful, even by parrot standards, a mixture of turquoise, aqua, scarlet, black and brown, and the tail almost the same length as the body — something difficult to understand in a bird that, although a rapid, undulating flyer, spent almost all of its time on the ground.
In medicine ( pulmonology ), psittacosis — also known as parrot disease, parrot fever, and ornithosis — is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Chlamydophila psittaci ( formerly Chlamydia psittaci ) and contracted from parrots, such as macaws, cockatiels and budgerigars, and pigeons, sparrows, ducks, hens, gulls and many other species of bird.
In the swamps ( which have since been filled in ) were " The Nankeen bird with one long white feather behind the ear, The rail, The bittern, The snipe and jack snipe, Several ducks-wood duck, black duck, Teal, Spoonbill, Black swan Geese, Cranes, Blue and white coots, Water hens, Kingfishers here and there and swamp or ground parrot with the barred tail feathers.
" and he had to trade it in for another bird, which was a parrot, saying, " If you're hurt and can't work.
Oram claims that his father-in-law, Percy Dabner, sold the parrot to Churchill in 1937 and then reclaimed the bird shortly after Churchill's death in 1965.
The flag, adopted in 1978, features the national bird emblem, the sisserou parrot, which also appears on the coat of arms granted July 21, 1961.
Māori have a long history in the area, finding the lake and its surroundings offering an abundance of food in the form of eels and bird such as pigeon and New Zealand Kaka ( forest parrot ).
: For the bird, see Parrot, and for other meanings of parrot see Parrot ( disambiguation )
Although commercial bird toys can be expensive, it is possible for owners to save money by making their own toys and providing other items such as cardboard, blocks of wood, pine cones, or freshly cut branches from non-toxic trees for a parrot to chew on and play with.
A large parrot bite to the face can do severe damage and destroy the trust between owner and bird.
A closed ring would not fit over the foot of a grown parrot, so its presence proves the bird was banded as a young chick.
The rehoming of a companion parrot, in most cases, can be avoided by doing enough research before acquiring one and determining whether the potential buyer has a lifestyle that suits the species he / she is considering, and choosing a bird that is most compatible with the human's lifestyle.
The Ngati Huarere of Arawa descent claimed bird snaring rights over the kaka ( native parrot ) by right of conquest, and from the 18th century reciprocal fishing rights were negotiated with Ngati Paoa on Waiheke.
They are covered in tropical tree species, transitional between wet and dry tropical, and are home to various colourful bird species, including various kinds of parrot and toucans ; there are 76 species in all.
Ware came to the ring with a blue-and-yellow macaw parrot named Frankie, and would flap his arms like a bird while dancing before and after his matches.
A parrot harness or bird flight harness may enable a tame pet or companion parrot to be taken outdoors, but some parrots may dislike wearing a harness and bite at it.

bird and family
The Blue Crane is a tall, ground-dwelling bird, but is fairly small by the standards of the crane family.
* Cone-billed Tanager ( Conothraupis mesoleuca ), a species of bird in the Thraupidae family
* Cardinal ( bird ) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
The Great Auk ( Pinguinus impennis ) was a large, flightless bird of the alcid family that became extinct in the mid-19th century.
The Common Kestrel ( Falco tinnunculus ) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae.
He arrived back in Altenberg ( his family home, near Vienna ) " with manuscript and bird intact.
The kingfishers were traditionally treated as one family, Alcedinidae with three subfamilies, but following the 1990s revolution in bird taxonomy, the three former subfamilies are now often elevated to familial level.
A long pole surmounted by the figure of a bird, usually a dove, derived from the standards used in battle, was placed by the family in the ground at the home of a man who had died far afield in war and who could not be brought home for funeral and burial.
However, some species exhibit sex-role reversed behavior in which it is males that are most selective in mate choice ; the best-known examples of this pattern occur in some fishes of the family Syngnathidae, though likely examples have also been found in amphibian and bird species.
Conversely, birds of prey-which show distinct reverse sexual dimorphism — tend to be monogamous for long periods or mate for life ; some species like the Snail kite will choose new mates every year, polygyny is noted in many Harriers and polyandry has been observed in the Harris ' Hawk ( notable for being the only bird of prey to regularly live and hunt in family and social groups ) and the aforementioned Galapagos hawk.
* Phoebe ( bird ), the common name for birds of genus Sayornis in the tyrant flycatcher family
A bird named Margalo is adopted by the Little family, and Stuart protects her from their malevolent cat.
All dromaeosaurids have also been referred to the family Archaeopterygidae by at least one author ( which would, in effect, make Velociraptor a flightless bird ).
Furthermore, they noted that quill knobs are almost never found in flightless bird species today, and that their presence in Velociraptor ( presumed to have been flightless due to its relatively large size and short forelimbs ) is evidence that the ancestors of dromaeosaurids could fly, making Velociraptor and other large members of this family secondarily flightless, though it is possible the large wing feathers inferred in the ancestors of Velociraptor had a purpose other than flight.
Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other.
The American Goldfinch ( Spinus tristis ), also known as the Eastern Goldfinch and Wild Canary, is a small North American bird in the finch family.
One bird family, the wrentits ( Timaliinae ), is endemic to the Nearctic region.
* Rook ( bird ) ( Corvus frugilegus ), a member of the crow family
An auk is a bird of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes.
The European Robin ( Erithacus rubecula ), most commonly known in Anglophone Europe simply as the Robin, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family ( Turdidae ), but is now considered to be a chat.
The Ortolan, or Ortolan Bunting ( Emberiza hortulana ) is a bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.
Peafowl are two Asiatic species of flying bird in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae, best known for the male's extravagant eye-spotted tail, which it displays as part of courtship.
Until 1939 the island was under private ownership by the Keig family, but in that year the island was purchased by Mr F J Dickens of Silverdale, Lancashire who then donated it to the National Trust to become a bird sanctuary.

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