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In Cigars of the Pharaoh, Tintin purchased a parrot, Iago, from Senhor Olivieira. It disappeared for the rest of the book.

I think Snowy ate it.

He probably realised is WAS "useless junk" and sold it to the Arabs when he landed.

Whatever happened to Haddock's parrot?

Maybe he had it sent to Abdullah and let them enjoy each other's company? hehe :)

And don't forget Balthazar's parrot from The Broken Ear, also briefly owned by Tintin and presumably left ownerless after the two baddies set off on the trail of Tortlilla.

Tintin and Haddock seem to have a bit of a track record for acquiring parrots which then just disappear by the next book. What with Snowy fighting that parrot in Congo and Haddock's ancestor teaching parrots to swear in Red Rackham,the books don't set a very good example in parrot-care. Maybe there's a special sanctuary somewhere for parrots abused and abandoned by Tintin characters.

I could predict that the Parrots may have went to:

Congo Parrot: Belonged to The Ship

C.O.P Parrot: Selled off to an arab during Market Day

Bianca's Parrot: Sent the parrot to Emir Ben Khalish Ezab as a token of apprieciation and probably a birthday present for Abdullah.

Judging the mutual antipathy between Archie and Iago, maybe he strangled it ... Boy, that bird was irritating!

I bet Abdullah taught it vile swearwords (viler than "I can hear you!") and to poop on people.

Why do you call him Archie? He's only called Archibald in 'Picaros', and I think that was only once.