Are Pionus quiet birds?

[lj4rockpebbler]

I live in an apartment and need a quiet bird. Some videos and articles I've seen call them great, quiet apartment birds while others say that they can be quite loud. Thoughts?

 

[DonnaBudgie]

All parrots can be loud. As individuals, some are louder than others. Pionus are known to be quieter than most parrots but they can also be loud. What is loud to one person may not be to someone else. A person who is hard of hearing may not be bothered by a loud parrot, but a person with sensory issues, including some people on the autism spectrum, can be ultra sensitive to any noise, including parrot noise. Unfortunately, apartment dwellers don't get to chose their neighbors.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

I've had two white caps in apartments, and they are -mostly- quiet birds. They do have a high-pitch alarm call that can be quite loud, but it's rare to hear it. Most of their noises are on par with the Pyrhurrah conures. Vortex, my current white-capped pi, is much MUCH quieter than both my cockatiel and peach front conure!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

What are Pyrhurrah conures?

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

What are Pyrhurrah conures?

I dunno if I spelled it right, but they're the conures that are similar to green cheek conures - the green cheeks, the black-headed, firey-shouldered, crimson-bellied, etc