In general, parrots have large heads and powerfully hooked bills. Many are noisy and vividly colored with two toes pointing backwards. Their flight is rapid and direct with short wing beats often flying up to 100 meters above the ground.

Mature African Grey Parrots grow to about 13 inches in length and it is the largest African parrot. They are all gray (darker on back and wings) but with a dramatically contrasting scarlet tail. Adult birds' eyes are pale yellow; young birds have brown eyes. Their bills, feet and legs are almost black in color. Males and females are alike in appearance.

Grey Distribution and Habitat:

African Grey Parrots can be found in primary and secondary lowland rainforests, also forest edges and clearings, gallery forests and other wooded riverine habitats. Depending upon the area in Africa, they may also be found inhabiting oil-palm plantations, gardens, cultivated land and montane forests up to 2,400 feet or about 2200 meters. Grey Parrots are found in

villages of west and central Africa from Sierra Leone east to Cameroon, including Zaire, Uganda, West Kenya and northwest Tanzania, as well as on the Sesse islands in Lake Victoria.