Random pics of Tikki

What a beautiful pictures and parrot. To be honest, I never saw a parrot like that. What kind of parrot is it?
 
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Red breasted Parakeet also known as a Mustached Parakeet.
 
I'd never heard of a Mustached Parakeet until I saw Tiki. He is beautiful!! Do they talk? How big is he?
 
Oef, luckely I wasn't the only one that didn't know what kind of specie it was...
 
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I'd never heard of a Mustached Parakeet until I saw Tiki. He is beautiful!! Do they talk? How big is he?

well he is a she:) and she is about 4 years old and doesn't talk. She was a rescue and was stuck in a small room with about 10 other birds. The males talk very well, in fact there are a few YouTube vids of them talking.

They are among the few parrots that can be sexed visually. The males have an orange beak, females have a black beak. They are slightly larger than a cockatiel.
 
Tikki is so beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing the pictures, I could look at him all day:) I have never even seen one for sale up here.
 
The guy I bought my SI Eclectus from breeds small parrots in small cages, and one of the pairs I saw was a pair of mustache parakeets. Very beautiful birds, I wish I could have taken them all and put them in good homes! Tikki is wonderful.
 

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