Animal Questions.org

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Animals

Are Parrots Nocturnal Or Diurnal?

Whether a parrot is nocturnal or diurnal is dependent on the particular species. However, most parrots are classified as being diurnal. The ancient, flightless Kakapo however is considered to be the world’s rarest and strangest parrot within existence today. It is also the only flightless parrot, as well as the only parrot that is known to be nocturnal.

Home › Birds › Parrots › Are Parrots Nocturnal Or Diurnal?

Comments

  1. Peter Rowland says

    June 4, 2016 at 3:45 pm

    Hi,
    There is actually another nocturnal parrot species. The Night Parrot, found in western Queensland in Australia, was thought to be extinct up until recently. The species had not been sighted for almost one hundred years, but was rediscovered in a remote area of Western Queensland in 2013. While the Kakapo is the world’s heaviest and the only flightless parrot, it is no longer the only nocturnal parrot in existance 🙂

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Ask a Question

Latest Questions

  • Do Sea Horses Hibernate?
  • Do Beavers Use Echolocation?
  • Are Salmon Bottom Feeders?
  • Do Bats Produce Poisonous Venom?
  • Is a Penguin a Bird, Mammal or Amphibian?
  • Can Cats Really Hear Ultrasound?
  • Are Axolotls Nocturnal?
  • Where Are Axolotls Found?
  • Do Stingrays Have Teeth?
  • Are Axolotls Good Pets to Own?

List of Animals

  • Aardvarks
  • Alligators
  • Armadillos
  • Axolotls
  • Basking Sharks
  • Bass
  • Bats
  • Bears
  • Beavers
  • Bees
  • Cats
  • Chickens
  • Chipmunks
  • Cod
  • Coyotes
  • Crabs
  • Crocodiles
  • Dogs
  • Dolphins
  • Elephants
  • Ferrets
  • Fish
  • Foxes
  • Frogs
  • General
  • Giraffes
  • Hawks
  • Hermit Crabs
  • Iguanas
  • Jellyfish
  • Lizards
  • Mammals
  • Mudpuppies
  • Newts
  • Ostriches
  • Owls
  • Pandas
  • Parrots
  • Penguins
  • Porcupines
  • Rabbits
  • red pandas
  • Reptiles
  • Salamanders
  • Salmon
  • Seahorses
  • Sharks
  • Silverfish
  • Snails
  • Snakes
  • Snapping Turtles
  • Spiders
  • Swordfish
  • Toads
  • Trout
  • Turtles
  • Uncategorized
  • Woodpeckers
  • Zebras

Copyright © 2017 - AnimalQuestions.org