Mudit J.
Action Plan
Dear Member of Parliament,
My name is Mudit Janbandhu; I
am 15 years old and was on Nov 15 1995. I would like talk to
you about African Grey Parrots in the Exotic Bird Trade. The
exotic bird trade is trade deal where sellers would go into Africa,
South America, and other exotic places where the bird seller(s)
would find exotic birds. The exotic bird trade of African Grey
Parrots is not a good thing because when the parrot is caught,
the parrot will have a lot of much stress about what the man is
going to do to the bird; eat it, sell it, kill it for feathers for sale.
These are the type of things an African Grey Parrot will have
stress on. On top of that, the parrot's stress can lead to death,
meaning the bird's destination will not survive the flight. The
current rate of African Grey Parrot is decreasing because of the
Exotic Bird Trade, birds entering Canada or any other
continents should be stopped.
Current Risk to Extinction
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Its current risk to
extinction is Near
Threatened
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
 Phylum: Chordata
 Class: Aves
 Order: Psittaciformes
 Family: Psittacidae
 Genus Species: Psittacus (parrot)
erithacus (a solitary bird which can be
taught to speak)

Scientific Name/ Common
Name(s)

African Grey Parrot scientific name is
Psittacus Eritachus

Common Names of African Grey Parrots
are Grey Parrot and in French –
Perroquet Jacko
Geographic Range/ PopulationTrend/ System
African Grey Parrots can be found in 25
African Countries.
African Countries include Rwanda, Sierra
Leone, Kenya, Liberia, and other African
Countries
Parrots global population is 680 000 to
13million, this is why because these
birds are used in the Exotic Bird Trade
And these birds are Terrestrial

Major Threat(s)

The one major threat in African Grey
Parrots is that they are dealt with the
Exotic bird trade.
And these birds don’t last through the
trip due to their stress
Food Web
Classification

African Grey Parrot Chordate because
the spinal cord acts as a central nervous system/ brain's messenger
and relay its message from brain to muscles, corresponds the
body part to move

Other animals found in Phylum Chordate

-Fish its spinal chord ( vertebrae) of fish is connected to the skull to the spine are
called Atlas and Axis, as in all vertebrae's
Its bones including its spinal are completely calcified, and gives structure, provides
protection and assists in swimming leverage

Chimp - The spinal chord function on chimps makes us stand and is also a central
nervous system to the chimps of when to move

Giraffe its spinal chord is connected to the neck and is long enough to reach high trees that are
not reachable by other animals
Consequences
Personal Response Part 1.

Biodiversity is all the living things on Earth. Living
things include bacteria, fungi, animals, and plants
Biodiversity is important because the greater the
biodiversity is that makes species and systems more
resilient, there are losses of biodiversity which
weakens them, making them more vulnerable to
extinction. Extinction in animals or plants is a bad
thing because you are removing selected specie
from its Taxa; Taxa created by Carolus Linnaeus
indentified animals and putted them in a category
where they belong in, example, African Grey Parrot
belongs in Chordate since the African Grey Parrot
has a Spinal Chord which acts as central nervous
system for movement of the bird.
Personal Response Part 2.

Extinction is also a good thing because the
last of the Species cells will have chance to
go under mitosis cell division. Once this
cell dies out, the new cell will then take its
place and go into cell division. Once it
reaches a number of cells, this will create
the new base life of the new form of
species to form. And then genetic and
evolution diversity begins from here. This
happens because new cells are made from
its pre-existing cell. Pre-existing is another
way to say an old cell.
Personal Response Part 3.

Lastly biodiversity on Earth exists to
know that we humans are living on a
planet that is filled with all sorts of life;
life includes animals, plants, fungi, and
bacteria. Biodiversity is important
because we humans are alive because
of biodiversity.
Personal Response Part 4.

All the living things that have lived on
earth from the past to present are here
because of biodiversity. Biodiversity
helped created life. Without biodiversity,
life will not have been inhabited on earth
present day. Biodiversity would mean
nothing to humans because they do not
care about the living things on Earth.
Therefore biodiversity is important
because of all the living things on Earth.
References
African Grey Parrots. (n.d.). AC Tropical Fish &
Aquarium. Retrieved October 19, 2011,
from http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/afric
angrey/
Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) - BirdLife
species factsheet. (n.d.).BirdLife
International - conserving the world's birds.
Retrieved October 19, 2011, from
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfacts
heet.php?id=1496
References Part 2.
Psittacus Erithacus. (n.d.).IcunRedList.
Retrieved January 1, 2008,
from http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redli
st/details/142530/0
Tiwari, M. (n.d.). African Grey Parrot
Facts. Buzzle Web Portal: Intelligent Life
on the Web. Retrieved October 19,
2011, from
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/africangrey-parrot-facts.html
References Part 3.
Science > Biology > Flora and Fauna >
Animalia > Chordata > Aves >
Psittaciformes . (n.d.).Science > Biology >
Flora and Fauna > Animalia > Chordata >
Aves > Psittaciformes . Retrieved October
19, 2011, from
http://psittaciformes.generalanswer
ECO-PROS Biodiversity. (n.d.).ECO-PROS Ecology Protectors Society. Retrieved
October 19, 2011, from http://www.ecopros.com/biodiversity.htm