Ironically both of the parrots I have known were African
Greys - grey with scarlet tails. And two very different temperaments.
The first - when I was a child - belonged to a Great-aunt
who ran a pub. The story goes that she took the parrot (and cage) from a sailor
in lieu of payment. Due to its language it ended up on a table by the window in
the humungous pub kitchen. The delivery men always got well and truly sworn at!
My Mum kept reminding me that its favourite saying was 'You old rat'.
I don't have photos of any African Greys but these are ones
taken in Singapore.