Are These The Loudest Birds in the Wild?

Wild Times at the San Diego Zoo

The sun conure, a parrot species, is very social and has some fascinating features. Distinguishing between males and females, however, may come as a challenge.

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00:00They may be small in size, but they certainly have big voices and even bigger personalities.

00:10We're here at the North Carolina Zoo meeting some incredible little birds known as sun conures.

00:18It's easy to see where their sunny title comes from.

00:22Those brilliantly colored feathers rival the beauty of a true sunrise.

00:28The sun conure is related to more than 350 other colorful birds, all known as parrots, because they have some things in common.

00:36First, they have a curved beak.

00:39These tiny tweezers help them to pluck up small berries, fruits, nuts, and seeds.

00:46The shape, along with the strength of that beak, allows them to easily break into the hard outer shell of their food.

00:52Second, their feet are zygodactyl, which means they have two toes pointed forward and two toes pointed backwards.

01:03This makes them incredible climbers, both right side up and sometimes upside down.

01:11Third, in more than three quarters of parrot species, it is impossible to tell males and females apart just by looking at them.

01:18Can you tell which one is the male and which one is the female?

01:22How about now?

01:24It can be difficult just to identify different individuals, as they are extremely social birds.

01:29In Brazil and Guyana, where sun conures are from, they're often found in groups of up to 30 birds flying through the forest.

01:40At North Carolina Zoo, these sun conures are able to stretch their wings and show off those skills.

01:46We're they're ambassadors for their species.

01:48We're they're sure to convey учed their wings,productions, arbets, and feed them the equivalents.

01:50We're aware of them.

01:51We're there, there, there, there, there, there, there.

01:56Pretty much happens.

01:58We're simply seeing ...

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