First parrot park opens

China's first parrot park opened on November 22 in Beijing, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

The parrot park, inside Nangong Ecological Tourist Park in Fengtai district, has more than 700 parrots of nearly 100 species, including rare scarlet macaws, African grey parrots and rainbow lorikeets.

There is a plan to establish a bird specimen exhibition hall in the future, said Wang Zengnian, the deputy director of the Beijing Bird Association.