How much does an African grey parrot weigh?
410 g14.5 ozWhich one: Congo African grey
An African grey parrot weighs about 410 g (14.5 oz).
Animals vary, so Tilt always names a specific, common adult: a worker bee, a house mouse, a Labrador, a bull rather than a calf. The label tells you which one. Source for this figure: Maryland Zoo fact sheet (P. e. erithacus).
How heavy is that?
- An African grey parrot weighs about as much as 3.4 bananas.
- An African grey parrot weighs about as much as 410 paperclips.
- An African grey parrot weighs about as much as 16,000 grains of rice.
- It takes about 11 African grey parrots to balance a cat.
- It takes about 1,200 African grey parrots to balance a horse.
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