00:00They may be small in size but they certainly have big voices and even
00:08bigger personalities. We're here at the North Carolina Zoo meeting some
00:12incredible little birds known as sun conures. It's easy to see where their
00:20sunny title comes from. Those brilliantly colored feathers rival the beauty of a
00:25true sunrise. The sun conure is related to more than 350 other colorful birds all
00:33known as parrots because they have some things in common. First, they have a
00:38curved beak. These tiny tweezers help them to pluck up small berries, fruits, nuts
00:44and seeds. The shape along with the strength of that beak allows them to
00:49easily break into the hard outer shell of their food.
00:54Second, their feet are zygodactyl which means they have two toes pointed forward
01:00and two toes pointed backwards. This makes them incredible climbers both right side
01:06up and sometimes upside down. Third, in more than three-quarters of parrot species it
01:14is impossible to tell males and females apart just by looking at them. Can you
01:19tell which one is the male and which one is the female? How about now? It can be
01:25difficult just to identify different individuals as they're extremely social
01:29birds. In Brazil and Guyana where sun conures are from they're often found in
01:35groups of up to 30 birds flying through the forest. At North Carolina Zoo these sun
01:43conures are able to stretch their wings and show off those skills where they're
01:47ambassadors for their species.
01:48All right, thanks, thank you forfeiting this.
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