Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre has released 119 African grey ... Of the 119 parrots from Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre, 55 are to be released to the wild at Kibale ...

They do this in place of the specialized familial flock calls they would have in the wild. African Grey Parrots kept in large groups in captivity form their own “language” of calls.

African grey parrots are beautiful birds that are beloved by a lot of people. However, sadly they are classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

In 2016, in response to increasing threats to the African grey parrot from the international pet trade and habitat loss in West and Central Africa, parties to the Convention on International Trade in ...

They’re so beloved as pets that international traffickers are now stealing them from the wild ... region in 2016. African gray parrots learn to speak much as infants do—by using their tongues ...