Smithsonian Magazine

Lovebirds Use Their Beaks as a Third Limb While Climbing

Lovebirds only have two legs, but they use their beaks as a propulsive third limb when climbing. Sharp Photography via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 All animals, living or extinct, are ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Parrots Use Their Beaks to Swing Across Branches Like Monkeys

Much like monkeys swinging from branch to branch, some parrots can swing through the trees with the greatest of ease, scientists have learned. But these colorful birds grip the branches with an ...
The New York Times

Scientists Found an Animal That Walks on Three Limbs. It’s a Parrot.

Lovebirds — and perhaps other species — seem to confound nature’s strong preference for bilateral bodies. By Veronique Greenwood Lovebirds, small parrots with vibrant rainbow plumage and cheeky ...
Forbes

Parrots Climb Using Three Limbs, Thereby Violating The ‘Forbidden Phenotype’

Parrots are unique because they use their beak and legs when climbing, which makes them the only animal with three functional limbs A rosy-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis), also known as a peach ...