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Status in the Wild

World Population:
Not recorded

Range:
P.e. erithacus: C Africa, from Comoe River, SE Ivory Coast east to N Angola, S Democratic Republic of Congo, NW Tanzania, W Kenya at Kakamega Forest and W Uganda; also Principe and Bioko Islands in Gulf of Guinea.
P.e. timneh: W Africa from Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, and S Mali east to S Ivory Coast. Mixed with erithacus in feral population at Abidjan, Ivory Coast.


Habitat:
Found in primary and secondary rainforest, forest edges and clearings, gallery forest and mangroves; wooded savanna, cultivated land and some gardens. Found up to 2200m (7216 ft).

Threat Summary:
Extensive forest loss in Nigeria to Sierra Leone; heavy trapping for pet trade.

IUCN Rating:
Near-threatened

Wild Diet:
Eats variety of seeds, nuts, fruits and berries and some cultivated maize.

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Feeds at tops of trees; gregarious, forming large communal flocks of up to 1000 individuals; roosts in palms over water or on islands in rivers. Disperses in smaller groups of 30 or so for feeding.

Clutch and Egg Size:
2 to 3 rounded ovate eggs, 39.5 x 31.0 mm (1.5 x 1.2 in).

Breeding Season:
In E Africa January-February and June-July; in general in other areas a dry season breeder.

Project Status (WPT):
World Parrot Trust 12 list of endangered species - WPT has helped in the conservation and study of the Grey Parrot.
See: http://www.parrots.org/index.php/ourwork/africangrey/

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.funnyfarmexotics.com/IAS/greyfield.htm

http://www.alexfoundation.org/

http://www.ukzn.ac.za/Biology/TeeTaylor233.aspx

More Info Sites:
http://www.funnyfarmexotics.com/IAS/grey_al.htm

http://www.knoxville-zoo.org/einstein.htm

http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1496&m=0