Pirate's Parrot

Parrots that swear and steal, while sailing the high seas.

Blue-and-yellow Macaw in flight. by Luc Viatour via Wikimedia Commons

Origin

With people exploring the wide world during the age-of-sail, sailors in far from home places came across these brightly coloured birds called Parrots. Smart birds that where quite easily domesticated. And after being in the company of sailors for awhile the parrots started speaking!

Soon the parrots also became companions of sailors with less honourable intentions, and the birds showed thier mischievous nature.

Four Red-and Green Macaws by Ricardo Sánchez via Wikimedia Commons

Subspieces

Overtime these maritime birds became a subspieces of their own, well adjusted to life at sea. They have no problem navigating the ship's rigging. And know exactly when it's time to come back to the ship before it sails out of a port. And are not affraid to shout their not always positive opinion about what is going on on deck.

Pirate's Parrot & Ship's Cat

Ship's Cat petting a small Pirate's Parrot by tenor.o

Ship's cats are very friendly towards Pirate's Parrots. And generally they get on very well with each other. Although they do like to play jokes and pranks on each other. Sneaking up, jump scaring, play fighting, steeling food from each other. And some parrots may develop the habit of calling the cat's name as a joke. But when an outside party threatens one or both, you can be sure they will have each others back. Seagulls are the arch enemy of the duo, and chasing them off the ship is a very serious matter.

It is unclear why, but somehow most cat's do have a share in the division of treasure but parrots do not. It might have to do with the fact that cat's are usually listed on the crew lists, but parrots not.

Pirate and Parrot by Tenor.com

Scientific Name

Praedo Maritimus Psittacines

Origin/Ancestry

Southern Hemisphere

Average lifespan

60 years

Length

30 to 90 cm

Weight

150 to 1800 grams

Diet

Fruits, nuts, greens, insects, invertebraids & small rodents

Colours

Some are grey with a few coloured tail feathers, others are green with colouring on wing and head. And others are red with a full rainbow spectrum on the wings and tail.

Mischievous use of language

Whether it is because pirates swear an above average amount, or because the birds enjoy the words more. The parrots pick up bad words way faster then all the other regular words they hear around them. And have no restraint on using them, while showing surprising knowledge in when which word is a good choice.

Thieving

Another trade they've picked up is thieving, it turned out the birds have a tallent for aquiring items that do not belong to them, especially shiny items.

Midshipman Jolly

Midshipman Jolly is the name of Red-and-Green Macaw, that is the parrot companion of Lisa-Marie Couteau, Sailor on the Sunset Dawn.

Midshipman Jolly spends most of his time sitting in the rigging, calling profanities to everyone who dares to comes into his neighbourhood. Or when the mood hits him, he will call Roger, and chase the poor cat across the deck, always sitting just beyond the cat's reach in the rigging, laughing.

But often Jolly also teams up with Roger to make Alejandro's life difficult as they try to plunder what ever food the poor cook has in the galley. Not that they both needed to steal the food, they always got plenty.

Midshipman Jolly. Normally only adressed as Midshipman or Jolly. is the only Midshipman onboard the Sunset Dawn as it is not a rank the pirates use. Midshipman is a rank only found in the military navies.

Red-and-green Macaw by Nimesh M via Wikimedia Commons

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