Parrots are beautiful birds, often kept in zoos or at homes. It is a very diverse family of animals, numbering up to 356 species. Their attractiveness is mostly due to enchanting multi-colored plumage and intelligence. Scientific studies have shown that talking parrot species are able not only to repeat words, but also combine them into sentences and the use the negation. Parrots could be also used to replace pigeons as a symbol of love. Unlike their cooing cousins parrots mate for life, and after death of a partner they end their lives alone.