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title: "Gray Parrot"
description: "Psittacus erithacus — Birds. The grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), also known as the Congo grey parrot, is an African parrot in the family Psittacidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/gray-parrot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gray Parrot

> Psittacus erithacus — Birds. The grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), also known as the Congo grey parrot, is an African parrot in the family  Psittacidae.

- Scientific name: *Psittacus erithacus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `zoo` (Zoo & pets), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1913
- Wikidata: [Q220328](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220328)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19269](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19269)

## Names

- en: Gray Parrot
- de: Graupapagei
- es: Loro gris
- fr: Perroquet jaco
- nl: Grijze roodstaartpapegaai
- pt: Papagaio-cinzento
- pl: Żako

## Countries with the most observations

UG (155), GA (61), CG (46), CM (33), GH (24), CD (16), GQ (12), ST (12), AO (11), NG (11), CF (4), FR (4)

## Summary

The grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), also known as the Congo grey parrot, is an African parrot in the family  Psittacidae. Psittacus erithacus was previously also known as the African grey parrot until the Timneh parrot (Psittacus timneh), previously treated as a subspecies, was elevated to a full species. The grey parrot is known for its intelligence, being considered one of the smartest bird species and is regarded for its speaking abilities.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_parrot

## Photo

![Gray Parrot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gray-parrot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255097975

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gray-parrot?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).