* The History of Parrots

Polly Wants a Cracker? 

Did you know that was started over 400 years ago? Polly was the parrot mascot for a cracker company and can be traced back as early as 1606!

Parrots with Pirates.

The depiction of a pirate with a parrot dates back to 1883 in Robert Louis Stevenson’s book, Treasure Island. The pirate, Long John Silver had a pet parrot.

Famous People with Parrots. 

Andrew Jackson - Pol the Parrot
Peter Duchin (Bandleader) - blackheaded caique "Igor" and severe macaw "Pedro"
Calvin Coolidge - Canaries "Nick" "Tuck", Mockingbird
Casanova
Christie Brinkley - Parrot
Dolly Madison - owned a parrot that was rescued from the White House during the War of 1812, when the burning was taking place.
Duchess of Lennox - African Grey
Elizabeth Hurley - Blue Fronted Amazon "Ping Pong"
Elizabeth Taylor - Yellow Nape Amazon Parrot
Governor Cuomo & Sandra Lee - Umbrella Cockatoo "Phoenix"
Hillary Swank - African Grey "Seuss"
Frederick II (Holy Roman Emperor) - Umbrella Cockatoo
Hugh Heffner - African Greys
James Madison - Green Parrot
Joan Crawford - Macaw
John F. Kennedy - Canary, Parakeets "Bluebell" and "Marybelle"
King George V - "Charlotte", Galah
King Henry VIII - African Grey
Marie Antoinette - African Grey
Mickey Rourke - Citron Cockatoo "Sonny"
Paris Hilton - Bare Eyed Cockatoo Popeye - "Salty"
Queen Isabella - Amazon Parrots
Queen Victoria - "Coco"
Stephen Spielberg - "Blanche" the Panana Amazon Parrot
Theodore Roosevelt's Family - Hyacinth "Eli Yale" kept at White House
Ulysses S. Grant - Parrot
William McKinley - "Washington Post" Double Yellow headed Amazon
Aristotle - "Psittace" African Grey
Winston Churchill - Female Blue & Gold Macaw named "Charlie"
Angelina Jolie - Parrot

Read more parrot trivia questions in our post: bird-brain trivia