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Parrots are seed-eating birds, and essentially herbivorous, with many species also frugivorous (fruit-eating). Most eat fruits, and the nectar and pollen of flowering trees.

They have strong curved beaks ideal for cracking hard shells of seeds and nuts, including gumnuts in Australia.

Some varieties are also insectivorous, feeding on small insects to help supplement their protein intake. The kea of New Zealand is notable for eating meat, tearing open carcasses to fed on meat and internal organs when their usual diet of nuts, fruits and seeds becomes scarce in the winter months.

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