There are roughly 393 species of parrots in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes, found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions.

Most parrots eat fruit, flowers, buds, nuts, seeds, and some small creatures such as insects.

A budgie named Puck holds the world record for the largest vocabulary of any bird at 1,728 words.

Parrots are capable of logical leaps, according to a new study in which a gray parrot named Awisa used reasoning to figure out where a bit of food was hidden. The task is one that kids as young as 4 years old could figure out, but the only other animals that have been shown to use this type of reasoning are great apes. That makes gray parrots the first non-primates to demonstrate such logical smarts.

All birds have amazing grip but only the parrot is able to grasp their food with one foot and move it to their beak so they can nibble on it. In fact, parrots eat very much like we do, using their fleshy toes like human fingers.

The kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) is the only member of the parrot family that can't fly. It's also one of only two nocturnal parrots, which is mainly due to the fact that it can escape prey easier at night.

A group of parrots is called a pandemonium because of the wild uproar they can make together.

With a length (from the top of its head to the tip of its long pointed tail) of about one meter, the hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) is longer than any other species of parrot. It is the largest macaw and the largest flying parrot species, though the flightless kakapo of New Zealand can outweigh it at up to 3.5 kg.

Parrots, with their cacophonously noisy calls, immediately stand out to first-time visitors to Australia. They are so species-rich in Australia that New South Wales alone has almost as many parrots as the continents of Africa and Asia combined.

The oldest parrot ever was Cookie, a Major Mitchell's cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri) who was at least 82 years and 88 days old when he passed away on August 27, 2016.