Question

Parrots eat only…………….

Answer 1

Hint:The digestive system of a parrot consists of a crop and a gizzard. The crop serves to store food, and it is a muscular pouch present near the throat and a part of the oesophagus. The crop softens food, which moves along the digestive system from there to the gizzard to be processed further.

Complete answer:Parrots are also called psittacines. They are birds having 398 species in all 92 genera which make up the order Psittaciformes. They are found in tropical and subtropical regions mostly. Parrots are omnivore birds; therefore, they can eat both meat and vegetation. Most parrots eat nuts, flowers, fruit, buds, seeds, and some insects.
Seeds are the most preferred food of parrots. They possess strong jaws which helps them in opening nutshells to extract the seed from inside. Parrots eat ungerminated seeds which have the germ, the cotyledon, and the endosperm. Pet parrots can also eat sprouted seeds.
Keas use their long beaks to dig insects out of the ground for a meal, and kakapos chew the vegetation and drink juices of the fruits.

Additional Information:
The taxonomic classification of parrots according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is listed below:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae

Note:A few characteristic features of parrots are a strong and curved bill, an erect posture, strong legs, and zygodactyl clawed feet. Several parrots are brightly colored, and a few are multi-colored. A large number of parrots show little or no sexual dimorphism in the visual spectrum.