Re: BEAKS, CASQUES & KINESIS

[Stanley Friesen <sarima@friesen.net>]

At 09:46 AM 2/29/00 -0800, Betty Cunningham wrote:
>some of the parrots are carnivourous though (or at least omnivorous and
>feed off live sheep)-I'm thinking of those New Zealand Keas (not the
>cars silly though I've heard these ALSO eat cars) 
>http://www.doc.govt.nz/cons/native/kea.htm

I know I am a bit late, but: several of the larger parrots have been
observed to take meat on occasion, including at least on large African species.

So, I suspect many or most of the larger parrots tend towards omnivory.

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