African gray parrot

The African Gray Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) is a well-known species of parrot in the family Psittacidae, native to Africa. This is one of the most intelligent species of parrots. It can, and loves to, mimic almost any sound, e.g. that of a cat or of a steam locomotive.

African gray parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Domain	Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Branch	Deuterostomia
Phylum Information
Phylum	Chordata
Sub-phylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class Information
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Sub-class	Neornithes
Infra-class	Neoaves
Order Information
Superorder	Psittacimorphae
Order	Psittaciformes
Family Information
Family	Psittacidae
Tribe Information
Tribe	Psittacini
Genus Information
Genus	Psittacus
Species Information
Species	P. erithacus
Subspecies	P. erithacus erithacus P. erithacus timneh
Population statistics

There are two subspecies, the better-known nominal subspecies (P. e. erithacus) and the lesser-nown, smaller Timneh subspecies (P. e. timneh).