Ever heard of Sirocco the flightless parrot? That one with big sideburns? Party Parrot is an emoji developed on Slack based on this fascinating parrot.
CarlosWeiner: Party Parrot started as an animated emoji on Slack, conceived and expanded on by a team of Mid-West developers, who launched the site www.cultofthepartyparrot.com, allowing anyone to download and use the party parrots they had created.
/u/pm_me_your_tits_girl found the site and added them to the /r/CenturyClub Slack channel, where many of us instantly fell in love with them. It quickly spread to other mod teams on Slack and, naturally, /r/PartyParrot was created soon after.
Since then, moderators from across Reddit have put way more time and effort into creating new parrots and spreading word of the sub than I ever could have imagined. We are the parrot revolution reddit never knew it needed.
We have the best parrots. The best. All the polls say so.
Want to express your love for the 2nd Amendment? We got you covered
Partying Down Under? Done.
Doing the Conga Down Under? No problem.
Today, the sub is home to funny parrot content, but we're also the reddit help-desk for incorporating the party parrots into your own sub. At last count, 22 other subreddits have incorporated the parrots, including /r/pics (but only for posts with "parrot" in the title) /r/CFB, Troll X and Y, the "Being network", and others.
awkwardtheturtle: A bird appreciation society dedicated to the majesty of Sirocco.
Preggit: Ever hear that Men At Work song about the land down under? We're kind of like that, except instead of women glowing and men plundering, we're just non-stop partying with parrots.
2. What's your favourite party parrot?
CarlosWeiner: The conga parrot is a classic. Short, sweet, clean, and satisfying to look at.
awkwardtheturtle: Sirocco the Kākāpō
Preggit: I'm a rocker through and through so I gotta give it up to the parrot rocker
3. What's your favourite parrot fact?
CarlosWeiner: As of 2014, there are only 125 living Kākāpō in the world, all of which have names, and all living on three closely monitored, predator free islands around New Zealand.
awkwardtheturtle: Parrots, also known as psittacines, are birds of the roughly 393 species that make up the order Psittaciformes. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots).
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Preggit:
If you have a pet parrot, it may outlive you. The oldest living parrot is 82 years old and some species are known to live over 50 years.
4. Are you planning to create any special party parrots?
i124qnds: We have already created many special parrots and continue to do so. Some are specific to Reddit (e.g. upvote, downvote, gilded, and cakeday parrots) and others because they are fun for the subreddit and allow users to express themselves (e.g. love, chuckle, and cockarocker). Nearly 50% of the parrots available on the subreddit have been created by Reddit users for Reddit users.
Preggit: Absolutely. I've created a few already (freedom parrot, trump parrot, poke parrot, viking parrot). My next plans were to make a scumbag steve parrot, a football parrot, and a hocket parrot. We're always looking for new parrot ideas, so if you have one, don't hesitate to post and let us know!
5. What one post on your subreddit, shows how awesome your sub is?
awkwardtheturtle:This one because it shows off the talent of our mod team. /u/c_isforcookie [+60] created a Chrome extension for us to download and use that allow the [](#partyparrot) formatting to make party parrots in any sub that only the users of the extension can see.
It goes hand in hand with the other CSS innovations and pioneering we've done to help spread the bird to other subs. Just like how [this wiki page](https://www.reddit.com/r/PartyParrot/wiki/addpartyparrots) offers the instructions and code so that anyone can add the parrots into their subreddit's CSS.
As the code has spread, we've helped a number of communities troubleshoot various issues and we're constantly updating our code and wiki so that everyone can have the best parrot experience possible. Our code is already in more than [twenty four parrot-friendly subbies](https://www.reddit.com/r/PartyParrot/wiki/parrotfriendly) with a combined total of over 21 million subscribers!
Preggit: I may be bias but here's the thing...
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