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The African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) is a bird found in Uganda, Ghana, Gabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo - Brazzaville, and 2 more countries. Rainforests of West and Central Africa. It eats fruit and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the African Grey Parrot lives

Rainforests of West and Central Africa.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🍎 Fruit50%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts50%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Jonathan Onongo (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1105397. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the African Grey Parrot

Where does the African Grey Parrot live?

The African Grey Parrot lives in Uganda, Ghana, Gabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo - Brazzaville, and 2 more countries. Rainforests of West and Central Africa.

What does the African Grey Parrot eat?

fruit (about 50%), seeds and nuts (about 50%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the African Grey Parrot endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from Africa

• Black-headed oriole
• Emerald-spotted wood dove
• Large rock martin
• Spur-winged goose
• Green wood hoopoe
• White-browed sparrow-weaver

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.