FAQ’s

Question:

What is the heaviest Parrot ? 

 It is the New Zealand Kakapo (Also called the Owl Parrot) which weighs up to 8 pounds. (The hyacinth macaw as an example weighs about 3 to 4 pounds).  It is both the only nocturnal as well as the only flightless member of the psittacine family.  The Kakapo is an excellent climber and forages his way through the dark of night by use of extensive whiskers.  Their diet consists of nuts, moss, fruit, larvae, insects and berries.  Other flightless birds are the Kiwi and Penguin.

 

Question:

What is the type of exotic bird in the Goldenfeast Ad featured in the September 2010 issue of Birdtalk Magazine and the Goldenfeastfoods.com Home Page?

 

 

 

 

 We have had numerous inquiries regarding this bird, it is a Blue Mutation Yellow-Naped  Amazon.

The Blue Mutation Yellow-Naped Amazon, (Amazona ochrocephala auropalliata), is one of most sought after parrots in the world. These Blue Amazons are more intelligent than most of their green relatives and their gorgeous blue color and larger size give them an impressive presence that cannot be captured in a photo.

 

Beautiful Flower !

As you know, Goldenfeast shops the world for the finest ingredients for our Blends.  On a trip to Thailand, our owner came across pictures of the incredible “Parrot Flower”. We’d like to share them with you.

Impatiens psittacina
A balsam, Impatiens psittacina, or parrot flower, is a very rare impatiens species discovered in the Shan States of Upper Burma by A.H. Hildebrand, a British official. Seeds of it were presented to the Royal Gardens (Kew) in 1899 and it flowered in 1900 and a description was published in 1901 by Joseph Dalton Hooker. The specimen in Kew did not set seed but the capsules are said not to explode and disperse seeds as in many Impatiens.
The species grows in the wild in a small region of north Thailand (near Chiang Mai), Burma, and in the north-east Indian state of Manipur. It is called the parrot flower because its flower bears a resemblance to a parrot in flight when viewed from the side.
This species of Impatiens is known in Thai as “Dork Nok Khaew” which translates to “Flower Bird Parrot.