Familiarizing yourself with different parrot species

If you are getting fascinated with birds in your locality and want to buy those fun loving and talkative birds; you must have enough knowledge about them. Parrot is not

one bird but there exist countless species of this bird. You should keep yourself familiarize with different parrot species.

These colorful birds can usually be found in Australia and South America. Parrots are known worldwide for their loquacious and friendly

nature. They have this rare ability of talking like humans. They can be trained to talk just like humans and some other animals.

The most famous pet parrot species include Macaw parrot, Amazons, African gray parrot, Conures, Cockatiels, Cockatoos, Budgerigars, and Eclectus. Conures, on the other hand are, small cousins of the Macaw that has 2 sub-specie: Aratinga and the Pyrrhura. In all these mentioned species Macaw parrot is the most desirable because of their friendly and lovely character.

Conures parrot is recognized for its calm personality and striking colors. Amazon parrots are world wide famous for their excellent chatting capability. They are also loved for their ability to emulate sounds.

Cockatoos are identified for their beauty and smartness. This specie of parrot needs extra attention from its owner and that makes it hard to keep. They love to talk and play so the person who does not have that much time to play with birds should avoid keeping this specie of parrot.

If you want to get a parrot that is most intelligent, you are looking for African gray parrot. It is a complete package of “beauty with brain”. Cockatiels are most common pet birds because they are easy to breed and are relatively inexpensive pets. Budgerigars or “parakeets” that are usually afraid of humans if not trained properly; and the Eclectus that are “sexually dimorphic” or the male and females look markedly different.

Every parrot is different to any other parrot in many different ways. If talk about size, there exists some parrots which are the world’s largest birds and there subsist such parrots which are really small in size. Parrots may come in every color starting from green to yellow to red and what not. Some parrots are multicolored, some are light in shade and others are darker in shadow.

The only common thing between different species of parrots is their food. Most of them like vegetables and fruits. Some also like chicken and meat. They love to eat seeds and nuts. These birds are also characterized by having powerful captivated bills and feet meant for tree climbing.