Outdoor aviary in Tampa, FL

[voodoochild]

Hello, I am wanting to build an aviary in my backyard. It will be about
10' x 12' and 7' tall. I am wondering what parrots would be the easiest to keep out in the aviary year round. Our coldest winter nights can drop down to 30F. However I wouldnt allow the aviary to get that cold and most winter nights are in the 50s.
The birds I have considered so far are:

Quakers because they are cold hardy.

Blue Crown Conure because I know a guy that has one and its very nice and they are found in Argentina so you would think they would be cold hardy however I have read that they are sensitive to drops in temp.

Rainbow Lorikeets because they are super pretty, I hear there dropings are easy to clean in an outdoor aviary due to their liquid and fruit diet and they are cold hardy

Maximillian Pionus because they are supposed to be quite and they are also found in Argentina so they should be cold hardy.

So basically I am looking for a cold hardy, colorful parrot that tends not to scream too much and makes a good pet (is that too much to ask?). I would be happy with a pair or if they do well in a colony that would be good too. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great! Or if anyone has any insight inregards to the birds above that would also be great.

Thanks,
Jon

 

[Quantumcat]

The easiest parrots to keep in an aviary are budgies and cockateils. Rainbow lorikeets are probably ok too, in Sydney it gets to 5*C in the middle of winter, and they must be fine with that. I don't know what that is in farenheit, though! The only conversions I know are 110*F = 40*C and 0*F = -32*C. Can you even get rainbow lorikeets outside Australia? I would have thought they wouldn't do well, since they eat lots of bottlebrush, gumtree blossoms, and other plants not found outside Australia. It makes me kind of sad, like a special piece of Aus has been prostituted away. (Almost the same as when I saw eucalyptus in golden gate park).

 

[voodoochild]

The easiest parrots to keep in an aviary are budgies and cockateils. Rainbow lorikeets are probably ok too, in Sydney it gets to 5*C in the middle of winter, and they must be fine with that. I don't know what that is in farenheit, though! The only conversions I know are 110*F = 40*C and 0*F = -32*C. Can you even get rainbow lorikeets outside Australia? I would have thought they wouldn't do well, since they eat lots of bottlebrush, gumtree blossoms, and other plants not found outside Australia. It makes me kind of sad, like a special piece of Aus has been prostituted away. (Almost the same as when I saw eucalyptus in golden gate park).

Well thats good news because 5*C should be about 41*F. So as long as I take measures to keep them warm on cold nights everything shoule workout because it can drop below 5*C here but keeping the aviary above that temp wouldnt be hard. Anybody know how cold tolerant Budgies or parakeets are? I like those little guys too.

 

[Vivica]

I don't know about this one. 30F is cold for any bird, in my opinion. Budgies are pretty hardy little things, but I don't know if they could take that kind of weather. I hope you can find a solution to your problem!

 

[voodoochild]

There are wild populations of quakers in New Jersey. So I am thinking that keeping a parrot that could tolerate such low temps would be easier than keeping a parrot from say colombia. I am still going to keep the aviary warmer than the ambient temp outside. Why risk exposing a parrot to freezing temps. I am just trying to find parrots that come from regions that are more temerate. Obviously a parrot from somewhere near the equater would be more difficult to keep in a temperate region than a parrot that comes from a simular climate as the one you are forcing it to live in. Thank you for your help and please let me know if anyone has any birds that they could suggest I research.
Thanks!