Football loving parrot could be Northern Ireland's biggest and loudest fan
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A football loving parrot could well be Northern Ireland's biggest and loudest fan - but he's been banned from all the games.
Kelo the African Grey parrot is the team's newest mascot and has been delighting football fans on social media with his chants for his favourite team.
Owner Linda Corry, from Belfast, said the three-year-old parrot had picked up on the chants from the family who are avid Northern Ireland fans.
"It has all just developed from talking to him at home and us coming back from matches, he has picked things up," she told Belfast Live .
"We are big time Northern Ireland fans and would go to the matches and he just hears us singing, he is very good at picking things up."
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But after going viral with his chants on Facebook, Kelo has been told that he won't be able to go to any games due to health and safety reasons.
He was supposedly originally invited to Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Germany last night but was later told by organisers that he wouldn't be allowed in to Windsor Park.
Linda said he has become an unofficial mascot for Northern Ireland fans since they watched his video.
"He is a geg," said the mum-of-three.
"He talks away all day with me and says all different things, he is fantastic.
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"In the mornings the kids would open his cage and he would come upstairs and tap on the bedroom door and come into bed with me.
"He is a very entertaining part of the family. African Greys are very smart and he will huff as well, if I go away for the day the next day he will not come to my hand.
"He is a huffy boy sometimes."
The family are now getting used to Kelo's new found fame and are glad the rest of the country can enjoy his quirks.
To follow more of Kelo's adventures, follow the Facebook page Kelo the African Grey by clicking here .