Wild Parrots of Uganda | Discover PARROTS
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- I travel to Uganda to film the wild parrots living free in their beautiful habitats near the Equator. African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus), brown or Meyer's parrots (Poicephalus meyeri) and red-faced or red-headed lovebirds (Agapornis pullarius) are the stars of this exotic trip.
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African grey parrots in Entebbe 02:24
red-faced lovebirds in Entebbe 04:54
African grey parrots on Bugala Island 09:35
African grey parrots in Kibale National Park 13:35
single African grey parrot at Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse 14:54
single Meyer's parrot at Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary 16:58
Meyer's parrots at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary 18:38
Many thanks to our trip organiser, Agnes Kamugisha, for her excellent job of finding us the best itinerary and booking superb ecolodge and hotel accomodations.
Book a trip to Uganda with Agnes or Johnnie Kamugisha at:
Birding in Paradise Safaris www.birdinginparadise.com
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and
Johnnie Uganda Safaris www.johnnieugandasafaris.com
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Also a big thank you to Arshley Brian, our award-winning birdwatching guide, for his help during the whole trip.
destinationbirdersuganda.org/...
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For full focus on African grey parrots during your trip, book your holiday with Shades of Grey Parrots:
www.shadesofgreyparrots.com
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Books:
Uganda (Bradt Travel Guides) by Philip Brigg, 2016
Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi (Helm Field Guides), by Terry Stevenson (Author), John Fanshawe (Author), Brian Small (Illustrator), John Gale (Illustrator), Norman Arlott (Illustrator), 2004
Where to Watch Birds in Uganda, by Jonathan Rossouw and Marco Sacchi, 1998
An Introduction to the Butterflies of Uganda, by Roger Waigh and Johnnie Kamugisha, 2018
East African Wildlife (Bradt Travel Guide), by Philip Briggs, 2007, 2015
Maps:
Uganda Safari, by Andrew Roberts
National Parks & other sites of interest
Murchison Falls National Park, by Andrew Roberts
These and more available at www.east-africa-maps.com
and at the Pakuba Safari Lodge gift shop
Uganda info, checklists, organizations, birding guides, birdwatching trip reports at Fat Birder:
fatbirder.com/world-birding/a...
Visit Entebbe Botanic Gardens:
tools.bgci.org/garden.php?id=...
Stay at Best Western Premier Garden Hotel Entebbe near the botanic gardens:
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See the African grey parrots in Kalangala, on Bugala Island.
Stay at Victoria Forest Resort:
www.victoriaforestresort.co.ug/
Visit Kibale Forest National Park:
www.kibaleforestnationalpark....
Stay at the Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse:
chimpanzeeforestguesthouse.com/
or at the quieter Isunga Lodge nearby, where we stayed:
isungalodge.com/
Visit the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary:
www.kibaleforestnationalpark....
Stay at Kibale Guest Cottages:
kibaleguestcottages.co.ug/
Visit Murchison Falls National Park:
www.murchisonfallsparkuganda....
Stay at the Pakuba Safari Lodge in the park:
pakubasafarilodge.com/
Visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary:
ziwarhino.com/
Sumbit your wildlife records to iNaturalist:
www.inaturalist.org/
Audio and video recorded on site in Uganda, East Africa, by Florin Feneru and Monica Crugel
Music from the TH-cam Audio Library:
Rumba Pa Bailar by Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions
Six By Eight by Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions
At The Shore - The Dark Contenent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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Photo of marble berry, Pollia consensata, by Juliano Costa, Wikimedia Commons
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Drawing of green-breasted pitta, Pitta reichenowi, by Herbert Goodchild, Wikimedia Commons
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I like seeing them in the wild and free and not caged and sick in some dingy pet store.
We humans are in similar situations. Tribeless, living in boxes, mostly alone, all meaning stripped from our lives. Consumerism, porn, TV, sugar, etc is our feather plucking.
@@hexane8 eh ill take that over dying a slow painful death from mosquito bite or starving anyday
I Know, it is so sad to see them caged. People think they love them but they are just being cruel and selfish.
I have a 23 year old African Grey. I got her from an avian vet when she was just weaned. We adore each other. She is free to go in and out of her cage all day long. She loves to swim and shower with me as well. So wonderful to see them in the wild. I noticed that they are all CONGO greys there ( with the red tail ) VS the Timneh Greys who are all Grey, tail and all. I live in the Redwoods of Northern California. Trees all around me. My Grey flew off two times which worried me, but she never left my property. She played up in the trees, sang songs, ate leaves then came down to be closer to me. I love to hear all the wild sounds. I can hear a few that my Grey does. You are lucky to see such wonderful sites.
Thank you so much for your feedback and telling me about your parrot! She is lucky to have a good keeper like you. You are right, all parrots east of Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) are Congo greys. Timneh parrots are found only in a relatively small area of West Africa and are now considered as a separate species altogether, not just a variety of African grey. Uganda is a great place to see parrots because there is very little poaching or persecution and the birds are not so shy. You can watch them as you would watch robins in an English or American park. My Senegal parrot also escaped one day and flew in a tall tree in the garden. But he came back to me as usual, so it was just a two-minutes scare, no longer! Best wishes, Florin
@@DiscoverPARROTS Thank you for that info Florin, and I’m glad that your Senegal stayed close and you were able to reunite.
@@user-gl5zl5ks6r Your question?
I have had my African Grey for two weeks now, he is already the love of my life and will be until the end of my days, I look forward to be able to say I have had Kiki for twenty three years, I will be seventy three by then, I have had many dogs, cats and hamsters but Kiki has completely stolen my heart. Every day is a new day and we are learning every day. Kiki lives most of the day in and out of his cage and is watching this video and chattering and singing along. I am teaching him to wear a harness so he can fly around and go everywhere with me. I have always wanted a parrot but felt it was cruel to keep one. I have been lucky to come across one who needed a new home, his forever home. Thank you for your message and thank you for this video!
@@riverphillips3331wow, how neat. Raising an AG must be like raising an alien child. At least with human children you can send them to school for 8 hours a day!
African Greys are my favorite birds on Earth, they are so pretty and incredibly smart. Its nice to see them in their natural habitat.
I love seeing African Greys in the wild.
I love seeing how African Grey's act in the wild, they seem to have fun.
Uganda is such a BEAUTY. Thanks for Showcasing the Parrots in the Wild and So much more.
Thanks Carolyne! Uganda is rightfully called “the pearl of Africa”. It was so green and full of life in July so I wish to go back again!
these must be the most lucky ever grey birds just freedom no cage no people to catch them so beautyfuull
Oh but the incredible animals of Africa!!! African Greys everywhere, the smartest birds ever!! Love you Africa, you are in my memories and my heart forever. I hope to set foot there one day again, it will be in Zimbabwe where I grew up and spent my school years.
Wow, so much life per square foot!
Next time I come home i will try to find them. I have an African grey here, i love them ❤❤
Uganda truly the pearl of Africa.
I just found your channel .. I loved the video.. the African Grey’s are so beautiful.. all the animals were a great site to see . Thank you for sharing
Thank you so much for your feedback! I wish to go back to Uganda and film even more African greys. Yours, Florin
The Land, the people, and the animals there are beautiful.
Thanks for the comment! You are right, Uganda is unforgettable.
@@DiscoverPARROTS You are welcome. My Family loves to travel. Last Summer we went to Dubai and Ghana. This year we are still deciding where to go. This is definitely on my wishlist!
Uganda!! A very beautiful country
Thanks! I already miss Uganda.
I love love love this. I have an African Grey, and her personality is so complex and gratifying. She's highly intelligent but also witty, silly, fun loving. It's so heart breaking seeing them trapped and abused.
Thanks for your comment! Yes, African greys are still poached in Africa. But I hope that the wildlife trade will sow down after it has become clearly illegal (the species is now on Annex 1 of CITES). Breeding in captivity should be the only source of all parrots, like it is for canaries, budgies, etc. I loved watching these intelligent birds in the wild. They are ever playful and funny. I can't wait to go back to Uganda!
I am so BLESSED to be able to now live here in Kampala, Uganda... there's nothing that can compare to living in the "PEARL of AFRICA!!"
I must admit am so happy to have led this trip, thank you so much the whole team that made this happen..
See you again in Uganda and Africa at Large.
Thank you so much, Arshley! We were so lucky to have you as our guide. I can't wait coming back to Uganda and explore with you yet other areas of the country. Best wishes from em and Monica! Yours, Florin
Thank you for sharing such wonderful life in Uganda.
thank you very much for this amazing and wonderful video. Bird Paradise , magnificent birds. African grey parrots are very loving and intelligent birds. You have done a great work. Thank you
This is just perfect, so much diversity! Without people like you, we would probably never have enjoyed amazing footage, brilliant stories and we would not have been inspired!
I hope you will be able to visit other extraordinary places and share your enthusiasm!
Thank you!
Thank you so much! I'm working on a video about the amazon parrots living in Germany. Maybe you will like that too! Yours, Florin
I raised a Congo my mother purchased as a baby. One day after a 10 yr relationship I came home to find out she sold her to a anonymous buyer. I still cherish the few red tail feathers I have till this day.😢 The bird only bonded with me and she didn’t like it.
Jesus that's so sad, I bought a grey 4 years ago and in became a part of the family. If my mom did this to me I'd feel like she sold my sibling :((
Lovely to see parrots in th wild. I live in Australia and we are fortunate to have mny species of parrots here
How wonderful to watch your vidéo: first time I get to see African greys in their natural habitat. Thanks for the interesting comments that put perspective to pictures. Greetings from France.
Bonjour Stéphanie, merci pour ton message. C’est mon plaisir d’observer les perroquets sauvages et de partager mes expériences ici, sur TH-cam. Vous avez une population de perruches à collier en France. Je vais visiter votre pays (encore ne fois) la semaine prochaine! J’ai une belle-sœur qui habite Besançon. Les gris du Gabon sone parmi les perroquets qui m’intéressent le plus, car ils sont tellement intelligents. Je veux aller de nouveau en Ouganda les observer et filmer, car il est difficile de trouver un meilleur endroit pour les voir an paix. Ils ne sont pas chassés là-bas el ils tolèrent la présence humaine asses bien. Au moins dans le jardin botanique d’Entebbe! Amitié, Florin
Very good birds video for living in forest specially gray parrots
african grey, lovebird and senegal parrot
Thanks for sharing.. wonderful Video.👏👏👏
Какой прекрасный фильм. Спасибо за великолепные съёмки.
They're adorable.
While I lived at Bugema Adventist College 30 kilometers north of Kampala back in 1991 and 1992, I had a pair of Meyer's parrots breeding in a tree in my backyard.
I have seen grey parrots flying wild around near National Fisheries Research and Resource Institute in Jinja.
Uganda is having half of the bird species spotted in Africa, yet the country is relative small and very accessible by roads.
Here from Jamaica🇯🇲, ❤💚
So beautiful Kasco ...so sweet thank you so much....
You re doing such an amazing job, thanks for sharing, means a lot to the people watching ! :)
Thanks! I’m going to Costa Rica soon and I hope to make a similar video there.
@@DiscoverPARROTS Great, I'm looking foward to see it ! Could you tell us why do you have such a great passion for wild birds and perrots ?
Very lovely indeed what our mother Uganda offers
Your country is a beauty! I wish to visit again, the true Pearl of Africa!
Brilliant video!
Thank u , may u be safe and smooth~
I enjoyed this video so much! I appreciate you sharing your trips to find birds. I hope one day I can do what you do, you are so lucky to see all these animals in the wild.
Thanks for your comment! It’s true, am very lucky to have been to Africa and seen the parrots in the wild. I’m watching the movie and it feels more like a dream than a true memory. But I love making this kind of trip and video and I hope I can make more. I certainly have the footage so it’s only a question of finding the time to edit! My best wishes to a fellow parrot lover and Canadian! Yours, Florin
@@DiscoverPARROTS I can't wait to see your next video
I love parrots very much.
Ur involvement in this work is awsome and salute
Absolutely magnificent. Let's keep it that way
Thanks! Uganda has a pretty good level of protection for wildlife, so it's coming back from the damage done decades ago.
Hey this is so nice to see. I visited that park when on a student exchange from Sweden years ago. Really an amazing country.
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Great video many thanks to you 😊
very gooood video
Love this birds and nice video
Love this type of videos
Very beautiful and charming ❤️😍
Have watched your impressing video right now in Doha Qatar 🇶🇦 thanks for visiting my home country Uganda 🇺🇬 next time visit mbarara city and enjoy its national park near by city lake mburo national park and queen Elizabeth national park, kyambula gourge, karinju forest, immaramagambo forest, bwindi empenetrable forest
I really love to have a job as taking care or discovering animals habitat,
Wow! Just beautiful 🤩.
Thank you so much!
This video is by far the most impressive I have seen in years. keep up the good work!!
Many thanks, Matthew! I hope to do better on my future trips. Yours, Florin
Thanking for such lovely video! I adore parrots) But to see them in Africa in wild parks is not so easy.
Thanks Inga! You are right, it’s a bit difficult finding and filming the wild parrots but I enjoy doing this. Best wishes, Florin
Wooow amazing vidéo.love it
Lool how animals are birds are hsppy in their native homes
I own a gray I didn’t know this place desisted it’s a new bucket list for me
Thanks! I hope I can go back there too!
Thank you for doing research on them. I cant wait to know more. My Grey hangs upside down hanging by one foot and we call it a trick😂😂
What a amazing channels I love it and I love your profession good work keep it sir thanks so much for kind of video I love bird
Just found/known by random your channel ...
Merciiiiiiiiiiiiiii/ thank U so so much for this very interesting good video/idea of Channel and for sharing these very interesting good/great vidéos of your travellings with us ...
Merci à toi, Cédric, pour ton commentaire! C’est un plaisir de partager mes voyages à la recherche des perroquets en liberté. Je veux retourner en Afrique aussitôt que possible, et alors un nouveau vidéo!
Супер!
Thanks for this video and sharing it with us and i played that episode u had with parrots in the wild but Keo didn't react for some reason lol maybe she is so clever that she knows its coming from the tv and not around her here in cyprus lol , i mean she hears the crows here and she mimics them its so cool lol :D
You did a great job.. Thanks
Thank you so much, Basheer!
What an outstanding film! Your enthusiasm, respect and professional presentation make this an absolute delight. Thank you.
Many thanks! I'm so happy to hear that you liked it !
😊 a great video
Amazing video brother! Thanks so much I thoroughly enjoyed watching & learning.
Thanks a lot, TG!
Great video . Thanx
Thank you!
wow the great work ❤
Thanks a lot, Aj!
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i would love to let my african grey to freedom back in africa, chances of surviving are probably low, i think all birds should be free,
U can train them and let the fly outside after some time they come back when u call them! Having birds doesn't mean caging them! My dad had hundreds of oriental doves he cared of... he would let them fly all together and they would come back to their safe home. Wild bird are in danger of other animals or hunter btw. Have a nice day.
Thanks
Nice video
Very Beautiful ❤❤❤
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Great talkers
Neal
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It’s amazing how you can’t really tell how old they are. They basically never age and only pass when their time comes
I love my African grey she’s 8. Got her when she was abt 6-8 months old
Hi Scott, thanks for your comment. I will make a video with sounds of the Ugandan forests for pet parrots just like yours. Best wishes, Florin
very beautifull birds..nic video bro..plz make next video finches wild videos
Thanks, Jibin! I don't have good footage of exotic finches, because I spent a lot of time trying to film parrots. I have some footage of Gambian finches, but not enough for a full video. I plan on making some videos about my trips and to cover all species seen there! Best wishes, Florin
@@DiscoverPARROTS k im wait your next video
Stop the parrot trade😭
스읏...! 야! 너! 김몽모!!
Will pet ones naturally do their own flight call, instinctively, or do they only do it if they learned how from other birds?
If you need to film More Meyers Parrots in Kenya i may assist.They are breeding fast on my dads firm.In 2010 i used to just see two.Now i see about 13 and they visit every single day to enjoy fruit from trees.They love the seasonal jamun fruit and shoots from trees as well.We may track them to find where they breed.
Thanks!
African grey. Not just parrots. Mine is 8years old
Best friends any human can have.
Good
Thanks a lot!
I have an african grey parrot she has now been with me 9 years actually 10 now i think and she is the most intelligent animal or bird ever and i love her to bits and all my heart she is like my child not a pet and so clever did you know that african greys are one of the top ten intelligent animals in the world and I am honored to own one, only thing i hate is pochers and how they catch them in the wild and how they transport them that is so cruel, if people want to own african greys or any parrot for that matter it should be done the right way and not catching them from the wild, it should be done a legal way and go through a bird sanctury or animal conservation and only allowed to take a breeding pair from the wild to be bred in captivity and those breeding pair should be in a big aviery not sure i am spelling that right and look close to how their natural habitat is, that way they wont go extinct and i really hope nature reserves do this now and stop pouchers.... Sorry i just had to share my views on that and tell u about that, do you agree with me?
Hi Demetri, thanks for your comment. Yes, I agree with your views on parrots. The traffic in wild parrots is very bad for them, for the environment and for the local people. It's easy today to find an African grey parrot to adopt from a rehoming facility or to buy a captive-bred chick. So catching wild parrots is not justified. As you said, they are very intelligent. So they suffer when they are kidnapped from their wild homes and families. It's a major trauma. It's better to adopt a domestically produced baby. Yours, Florin
own one? your acting like its an object to obtain.
i really want one , ive had cockatiels and a green check conure , these birds are offcourse way smarter and need more care , love them
@@RRtrrrrr7777y'know greys bred in captivity would not have a chance at all surviving in their natural habitat? they'd die a slow and painful death. wild caught parrots should never be bought but captive bred birds absolutely cannot survive in the wild . it's like buying a dog then setting it free in a forest expecting it to know how to hunt for food lol
What grey parrots eat in wild ?
African grey parrots live in rain forests and eat lots of fruits and seeds. They like the fruit and seed of the oil palm, which is native to Africa.
You shiuld Côme to gabon
I do ❤ your video but wish there were some 🤫 time to hear the birds.. it’s hard to hear them due to the narration
What a shame that we cage them
lol they live only 23 yeras in the wild, when they are caged they can live over 100 years
@@nidaleen1 quality over quantity.
@@MiszzMiszz yh if you lived 300 years living in a cage vs 70 living a normal life I think it's obvious which one you'd choose
It really depends on the life you provide for a companion parrot. What people fail to realize is that a parrot that is cared for actually considers its cage his\her home. My bird can ask to get out, and when he does, I let him out. He cruises all over my home with curiosity and flies around too. He's got tons of toys to play with and he makes my daughter and i laugh a ton. I can tell he is pretty happy. He doesn't miss the jungle because he's never been there. When doors open, he is not struggling to get out. It's not a doom and gloom scenario.
@@jellybutterpeanut1 yea, freedom
I got one in my house rn lol he talks a lot of shit too🤣
excuse me, ovner of this video, do you know haw is possible to buy this video from youtube
do you have any exclusion to sell it by yourself by aggrement ?
just to explain reason, i m a parrot fan and i like to have it also when an offline and maybe cut personal video
unpopular opinions but i like african parrots loveirds, grey etc more than australian ones..
I was having same parrots and it’s called african grey parrot and it died 1 months ago 😭they are too much expensive in our country
I'm sorry for your loss! It's best to find a breeder that can sell you a captive-bred chick. The prices are high, but you can save money until you get it. Best wishes!
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What's up with that earth
i have a meyers parrot
Do u want to sell
@@malikahmad106 no
I have Senegals, which are related to Meyer's.
@@DiscoverPARROTS ohhhh
but...do they Know de wae?
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Hi plzzzz listen
Listen guy..
My grey parrot is death..
Can you gift me grey parrot please
He doesn’t know where u live and he can’t just give u a wild parrt
No parrot in Uganda is called a meyers parrot a european did not discover the bird
Actually, one parrot in Uganda is called Meyer's parrot. Its scientific name is Poicephalus meyeri. It is also known as the brown parrot, but most people around the world call it Meyer's parrot, including Ugandan birdwatchers. The man who described the species for the first time for science, Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786 - 1845), gave it the species name 'meyeri' in honour of German botanist and ornithologist Bernhard Meyer (1767-1836). Cretzschmar described the species for the first time and published it in 1827. He was a German, so a European did discover the bird! As you can see in my video, I have found these birds in Uganda, so I don't understand your objection. What do you call them instead? Here's what other people call this species in various languages: Czech: Papoušek Meyeruv; Danish: Meyers Papegøje; Spanish: Lorito de Meyer; French: Perroquet de Meyer; Hungarian: Meyer aranyosvállú papagája; Italian: Pappagallo di Meyer; Dutch: Meyer-papegaai; Portuguese: Papagaio de Meyer; Serbian: Mejerov papagaj; Swedish: Meyers papegoja...
@@DiscoverPARROTS people have lived there for millenia and you think i European discovered the bird??? I'll say your documentary is great I love it but people like you make me sick imagine a Chinese man going to Norway seeing a polar bear then "renaming" it a Chow bear. A European did not discover the bird do better research and find out what the people that live there called it before Europeans got there
@Fullmetal I'm sorry that people like me make you sick. Is it Romanians or scientists? :-) Now seriously, of course local people knew the bird, but the German scientist was the first to describe it scientifically and give it a scientific name, Poicephalys meyeri, which is recognized by all countries. So he made the species known to all people in the world. This species is very widely distributed in Africa, around 25% of the continent's area. People in Africa speak over 2000 languages. I'm sure that this bird species has hundreds of names in native languages. But a scientific name helps classify and protect all species. Many species don't have a popular name, in any language. Many confusions are possible using just Romanian, English, Mandinka, etc. Hence the advantage of using these Latin names. So when we say that the species was discovered, we mean (as I said) that it was discovered for science, not that locals didn't know about it. In the 18th century many common animals in England were 'discovered' in this way for the frst time. It means just that they have been classified for science. The nationality of the person who describes the species doesn't matter. It may be a spider collected in Romania by a Hungarian scientist, but described by a Japanese biologist who is the expert in that family of spiders. In science we are not nationalist like that. All work is appreciated. We don't hate people from other countries who name species where we live. Just research a bit how biological nomenclature works and you won't be upset by African species named by Euripeans. But please, tell me what name do you have for Meyer's parrot in a local language? Thanks!
@@DiscoverPARROTS your the one showcasing the animal its not on me to do anything except call out things like that if you acknowledge local people have named the bird and already discovered the bird then i think the name they gave it should suffice again a European did not discover the animal so the animal should not be named after one
@@DiscoverPARROTS and I love Romanians, scientists and all Europeans
Pls give where parrot export company i neeeed import
it's illegal to import wild birds
Go get a job...