TODAY is World Parrot Day! World Parrot Day serves as a global platform celebrated May 31 to raise awareness of parrots' conservation needs and threats, showcasing their beauty and intelligence while promoting protection in the wild. Established in 2004, it highlights parrot diversity, and urges individuals and organizations to join conservation and public education efforts.
The day spotlights threats like habitat loss and illegal trade and honors those working to safeguard these species. Nearly 30% of parrot species are near extinction, driven mainly by deforestation and illegal wildlife trade, with climate change, invasive species, and disease adding pressure worldwide that continue to destabilize wild populations globally.
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Tomorrow is World Parrot Day, a chance to learn about parrot species and how to help them. Parrots are among the world’s most intelligent animals: some use tools and can perform cognitive tasks comparable to those of 5-year-old children. Although species vary in appearance, they face shared threats like habitat loss, disease, invasive species, and climate change. The greatest danger, however, is poaching: capturing wild parrots for the pet trade is lucrative, and illegal wildlife trafficking ranks as the world’s fourth-largest black market. Their popularity as pets has pushed nearly one in three parrot species to be globally threatened, according to the World Parrot Trust. Captured birds suffer brutal conditions—glue traps, crammed crates, even tubes and luggage for transport. Global groups working to stop the trade include the World Parrot Trust, BirdLife International, the IUCN Wild Parrot Specialist Group, One Earth Conservation, and the International Alliance for the Protection of Parrots.
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Did you know that Parrots have special feet? By having two toes pointing backward and two toes pointing forward or zygodactyl, they have a unique advantage, allowing them to have a strong grip and excellent climbing capabilities.
World Parrot Day is coming up on May 31. If you want to learn more about parrots, why not check out the World Parrot Trust's website at www.parrots.org
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