There’s brachiating, where a primate swings from perch to perch using its arms, and now there’s beakiating, where a parrot swings along the underside of a twig using their feet and beak A Peach-faced ...

Parrots can work their way along branches by using their beaks to swing their body – a newly identified form of avian motion that has been dubbed “beakiation”. Parrots have a few ways of getting ...

A study offers the latest evidence of the problem-solving prowess of the clever birds. By Carolyn Wilke Rosy-faced lovebirds are charismatic, petite parrots. They also aren’t afraid to use their heads ...

The sun conure, also known as a sun parakeet, is a brightly colored and very noisy bird. Sun conures were once common in South America, but they are now considered endangered. Conures are part of a ...

Parrots don’t just hang out for fun. To move along narrow branches, a parrot can hang from a branch with its beak, swing its body sideways and grab hold farther along with its feet. The newly ...