Parrot stole visitors' wallets

A parrot in New Zealand robbed a wallet in a car by a Scottish tourist when he left the car for sightseeing.

Kea parrots park on the roof of a car in New Zealand.

Peter Leach - a 52-year-old tourist from Glasgow, Scotland - is walking to see Arthur's Pass town scenery on New Zealand's South Island on January 30, when two Canadian tourists tell him that a parrot Kea (a species of parrot) took something from his truck. It was then that Leach remembered that he opened the windows of the car, the Daily Record reported.

"I went back to the car and realized my wallet was gone. The parrot took all the money I brought. I only had 20 pounds left in my pocket , " he said.

When Leach reported the incident to the police, the police officer could not help laughing.

"The policeman was serious in the first few questions. Then he asked me: Do you mind if I stop asking to laugh?" Leach recalls.

The unfortunate visitor claimed that he left about 700 pounds in his wallet. So far the local authorities have not found the parrot that stole his wallet.

Kea parrot is a large parrot that lives on mountains in New Zealand. They possess green-brown fur. Their main food is insects, fruits and leaves, but they can also eat garbage and scavengers. The length of the adult body is up to 48cm. Before New Zealanders often hunted Kea parrots because they often attacked their sheep and cattle. It was not until 1986 that the New Zealand government introduced Kea parrots into the list of animals to be protected.