China: Parrot Pranks Companion by Toppling Perch in Zhejiang

On September 29, 2025, in Zhejiang, a pet owner captured a humorous moment between two parrots. The blue parrot’s perch was slightly unstable, with one end hanging over the edge of the stand. Without warning, the yellow parrot leaned down and used its beak to bite off the hook holding the blue parrot’s perch.

Kyiv Zoo

Kyiv Zoo

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 17, 2024 - Two parrots are seen at the Kyiv Zoo, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Rosh Hashanah celebration in Uman

Rosh Hashanah celebration in Uman

UMAN, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 16, 2023 - Two parrots are perched on the man's shoulders during the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, Uman, Cherkasy Region, central Ukraine.

2 nabbed over smuggling of endangered parrots

2 nabbed over smuggling of endangered parrots

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 3 shows two parrots suspected of being illegally imported from the Philippines and sold in Japan by two Japanese. Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) are banned for commercial trade under an international conservation convention on endangered species. The parrots are being kept at a zoo in Nagoya.

Bumper breeding season boosts New Zealand endangered flightless parrots' population

STORY: Bumper breeding season boosts New Zealand endangered flightless parrots' population DATELINE: Aug. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of New Zealand's critically endangered kakapo STORYLINE: The population of New Zealand's critically endangered flightless parrots, kakapo, has increased from 197 to 252 in the 2022 breeding season. "There are now more of the endangered parrots than there have been for almost 50 years," Conservation Minister Poto Williams said in a statement on Tuesday. The flightless, nocturnal parrot is a species unique to New Zealand. They breed only every two to four years when the island country's rimu trees, or "red pine", produce enough fruit. During breeding seasons, the Department of Conservation (DOC) and Ngai Tahu, the principal Maori tribe of the South Island, aim to have as many kakapo chicks raised in nests as possible. They only intervene with hand-rearing when chicks are at risk. This season 49 were r