In a Space Pirate setting, expect the "parrot" to be an alien or a robot. Then again, most animated parrots are some strange conglomeration of psittacine characteristics rather than realistic: macaw-shaped and colored, Amazon-sized, with a cockatoo crest. of a Caribbean pirate than a macaw or amazon parrot of Central and South America. Cockatoos, for example, come from Australia and Indonesia, and would be far less likely on the shoulder note You may now think about the digestive tract of the parrot. Sometimes, the parrots are pirates themselves, much in the same vein as other Animal Occupation Stereotypes such as construction worker beavers, miner moles and gophers, boxer kangaroos, firefighter Dalmatians, martial artist pandas, and sailor ducks, gulls, otters, crabs, penguins, seals, and polar bears.Įxpect some amount of Misplaced Wildlife. It's also worth noting that at a certain point of time pet parrots commanded huge prices in Europe, so it is not inconceivable for a sailor wanting to settle down to trade in several parrots as a retirement benefit of sorts (parrots do tend to have large lifespans, sometimes surpassing even humans), probably leaving one to himself - which is probably where it all started. And parrots in Real Life do naturally prefer to stand on a person's shoulder. The whole concept of a pirate and his parrot companion likely started with Treasure Island. However, there are records of the occasional (non-pirate) Caribbean sailor keeping parrots and even monkeys as pets, so it's not too unlikely.
Parrots are high-maintenance animals that serve no benefit on a ship (unlike, for example, cats, which keep the vermin population down). In Real Life, it is not known if many pirates actually kept parrots for pets. Say something about "pieces of eight" (a Spanish dollar or piastre - a large silver coin worth eight reals).Ask for crackers, "Polly wants a cracker, Polly wants a cracker".Pirate Parrots usually ride on the shoulder of their pirate owner. Expect these colorful feathered companions to be chatty and demand crackers. Joshamee Gibbs, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearlĭiabolical Masterminds have the Right-Hand Cat.
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