You may be familiar with the large, talking green bird known as a parrot. There's another parrot type called parrotlet, which is much smaller than the birds you’re familiar with. Parrotlets can also ...

Pacific parrotlets are highly popular among bird owners. While they have a strong voice, they can't scream or talk as well as other bigger parrot species. Thanks to their quiet nature and smaller size ...

Parakeets and parrotlets are some of the smallest birds in the parrot family. While they’re different at their core, one could easily get them mixed up and go home with the wrong bird for their family ...

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A green-rumpled parrotlet widow and her nestlings. The behavior of the nestlings — spilling out of the cavity begging for food — indicates that they aren't getting enough food. A team of University of ...

Researchers have discovered that baby parrots babble to themselves, much like human babies do. The parrots aren't just saying the avian equivalent of goo-goo-ga-ga. Instead, they're repeating back the ...

A newly published UC Berkeley-led study compiles nearly 30 years of research and observations of the green-rumped parrotlet, a small South American parrot, and their behavioral patterns of infanticide ...

Infanticide and adoption in the animal kingdom have long puzzled scientists. While both males and females of many species are known to kill the babies of their rivals to secure sexual or social ...