AFRICAN GREY BREEDING AND NESTING:

African Grey Parrots are monogamous. Few details are known in the wild about courtship but display flights around nest-holes have been recorded. The breeding season seems to be variable. Breeding occurs in loose colonies with each pair occupying its own tree. In captivity, copulation is preceded by the male feeding the female and by mating dances in which both sexes droop wings.

One to four eggs are laid at 3-day intervals high in a large tree cavity where they are incubated only by the female. They do not use any nesting material; eggs are laid in the wood-dust at the bottom of the nest-hole which is 23 (60cm) to 78 (200cm) inches deep. Both parents care for the chicks. The chicks will leave the next at 2 to 3 months and can feed themselves although the parents will still attend to them and feed them until about 4 months of age.