Parrot Comparison Chart

[MrsKay]

I came across this interesting parrot comparison chart while cruising the internet.
Hope this has not been on here already. I don't remember the source.
Thought I would share

Parrot Species Noise Level Talking Cuddliness Avg.Life Avg.Size
African Grey Moderate Great Good 60 9 – 14”
Amazons: - - - - -
----Blue Front Loud Great Good 50 15”
----Dbl yellow-head Vocal Great Good 50 14”
----Lilac-crowned Loud Good Good 50 12”
----Red-lored Loud Great Good 50 13”
----Spectacled Loud Good Good 50 12”
----Yellow Naped Loud Great Good 50 15”
Brown Headed Low Fair Good 23 9”
Budgie Low Great (Male) Good 8 7 -10”
Caique Moderate Poor Great 30 9.5”
Cape / Un-Cape Moderate Good Great 40 13”
Cockatiels Moderate Fair (Male) Great 20 13”
Cockatoos Loud Fair Great 80 12 - 18”
Conures: - - - - -
----Blue Crown Vocal Great Good 25 16”
----Dusky Fair Poor Good 20 11”
----Half Moon Low Fair Good 15 9.5”
----Jenday Loud Poor Good 21 12”
----Sun Loud Poor Good 22 12”
----Gold Cap Fair Poor Good 23 11”
----Nanday Loud Fair Good 25 14”
----Green Cheeked Low Fair Good 15 10”
----Peach Front Low Fair Good 15 10”
----Orange Front Vocal Fair Good 15 9”
Eclectus Loud Good Fair 45 12 – 14”
Hawk-headed Moderate Fair Fair 30 12”
Jardine's Moderate Fair Fair 30 12”
Lorikeets: - - - - -
----Black-capped Loud Fair Fair 20 12”
----Blue Streaked Loud Fair Fair 20 11”
----Chattering Loud Fair/Good Fair 20 12”
----Green Naped Loud Fair Fair 20 10”
----Rainbow Loud Fair/Good Fair 20 10”
Lovebirds Moderate Poor Good 12 6”
Macaws: - - - - -
----Blue and Gold Loud Great Fair 80 34”
----Catalina Loud Great Fair 80 34”
----Green-winged Loud Great Fair 80 34”
----Harlequin Loud Great Fair 80 34”
----Hyacinth Loud Good Good 80 39”
----Military Moderate Good Good 80 27”
----Scarlet Loud Great Fair 80 34”
Mini Macaws: - - - - -
----Hahn’s Moderate Good Fair 40 12”
----Illeger's Moderate Good Fair 45 16-17”
----Noble Moderate Good Fair 40 14”
----Severe Vocal Good Good 40 19”
----Yellow-Collared Loud Great Fair 40 17”
Meyer's Low Fair Good 28 9”
Parakeets: - - - - -
Alexandrine/Ringneck Loud Very Good Fair 28 23”
----Bourke’s Low Poor Good 12 8”
----Derbyan Loud Great Poor 18 20”
----Lineolated Low good Good 12 6”
----Mustached Moderate Fair Fair 18 12”
----Plum Headed Moderate Good Poor 18 13”
Parrotlets: - - - - -
----Green Rumped Low Fair Fair 20 5”
----Pacific Low Fair Fair 20 5”
----Mexican Low Fair Fair 20 5”
Pionus: - - - - -
----Blue Headed Moderate Poor Fair 40 12”
----Bronze Winged Moderate Fair Poor 40 11”
----Dusky Headed Moderate Poor Poor 40 10”
----Maximilian Moderate Poor Fair 40 12”
----White Capped Moderate Fair Poor 40 9”
Quaker Moderate Good Fair 30 13”
Red-Bellied Low Good Good 23 9”
Senegal Low Good Good 23 9”

 

[MrsKay]

Hmmm..... evidently these charts are pretty common. I thought I had stumbled onto something unique. But no.
Here is yet another comparison chart.
Notice some of the information conflicts with the chart above.

Pet Bird Characteristics Comparison Chart
Species Types Noise Talking Cuddling Life Span Size Home
African Grey Congo Low Great Some 50 12-14" Apt
African Grey Timneh Low Great Some 50 11-13" Apt
Amazon Blue-Fronted Moderate Great Some 50 15" House
Amazon Dbl Yellow-Headed Moderate Great Some 50 15-17" House
Amazon Lilac-Crowned Low Poor Some 50 15" Apt
Amazon Mealy Moderate Great Some 50 15-16" House
Amazon Mexican Red-Headed Moderate Great Some 50 13" House
Amazon Orange-Winged Moderate Good Some 50 13" House
Amazon Red-Lored Low Poor Some 50 13" Apt
Amazon White-Fronted Low Poor Some 50 10" Apt
Amazon Yellow-Crowned Moderate Great Some 50 13-15" House
Amazon Yellow-Naped Moderate Great Some 50 13-15" House
Caiques Caiques Moderate Poor Some 20 09" House
Canaries Canaries Low Poor Rare 15 04-8" Apt
Cockatiel Cockatiel Minimal Poor A lot! 35 12" Apt
Cockatoo Bare-Eyed Loud Good A lot! 60 15" House
Cockatoo Blue-Eyed Loud Good A lot! 60 17-19" House
Cockatoo Citron Loud Good A lot! 60 14" House
Cockatoo Ducorp's Loud Good A lot! 60 12" House
Cockatoo Goffin's Loud Good A lot! 60 12" House
Cockatoo Greater-Sulphur-Crested Loud Good A lot! 60 22" House
Cockatoo Lesser-Sulphur-Crested Loud Good A lot! 60 14" House
Cockatoo Major Mitchell's Moderate Good A lot! 60 14" House
Cockatoo Moluccan Loud Good A lot! 60 22" House
Cockatoo Palm Loud Good Some 60 22-24" House
Cockatoo Rose-Breasted (Galah) Loud Good A lot! 60 14" House
Cockatoo Umbrella Loud Good A lot! 60 18" House
Conure-Aratinga Blue-Crowned Loud Poor Some 25 14" House
Conure-Aratinga Brown-Throated Loud Poor Some 25 13" House
Conure-Aratinga Cherry-Headed Loud Poor Some 25 13" House
Conure-Aratinga Dusky-Headed Loud Poor Some 25 11" House
Conure-Aratinga Jenday Loud Poor Some 25 12" House
Conure-Aratinga Mitred Loud Poor Some 25 14" House
Conure-Aratinga Orange-Fronted Loud Poor Some 25 10" House
Conure-Aratinga Peach-Fronted Loud Poor Some 25 10" House
Conure-Aratinga Sun Loud Poor Some 25 12" House
Conure-Nanday Nanday Loud Poor Some 25 12-14" House
Conure-Pyrrhura Black-Capped Low Poor Some 22 09" Apt
Conure-Pyrrhura Blue-Throated Low Poor Some 22 09" Apt
Conure-Pyrrhura Crimson-Bellied Low Poor Some 22 09" Apt
Conure-Pyrrhura Green-Cheeked Low Poor Some 22 10" Apt
Conure-Pyrrhura Maroon-Bellied Low Poor Some 22 10-11" Apt
Crow Crow Loud Some A little 25 16-20" House
Deroptyus Hawk-Headed Parrot Low Great Some 50 11-14" Apt
Dove/Pigeon Dove/Pigeon Low Rare A little 10-20 07-12" House
Eclectus Eclectus Low Good A little 40 14" House
Finches Finches Low Poor Rare 5-17 03-8" Apt
Lories Lories & Lorikeets Low Good Some 20 10-12" Apt
Lovebirds Lovebirds Minimal Poor Some 15 06" Apt
Macaw Blue & Gold Loud Good Some 50 33" House
Macaw Blue-Throated Loud Good Some 50 33" House
Macaw Green-Winged Loud Good Some 50 39" House
Macaw Hyacinth Loud Good Some 50 39" House
Macaw Military Loud Good Some 50 27" House
Macaw Red-Fronted Loud Good Some 50 22" House
Macaw Scarlet Loud Good Some 50 32" House
Mini-Macaw Hahn's Loud Good Some 40 12-14" House
Mini-Macaw Illiger's Loud Good Some 45 16" House
Mini-Macaw Severe Loud Good Some 40 18" House
Mini-Macaw Golden-Collared Loud Good Some 40 15" House
Mynah Mynah Loud Great A little 8-20 10-12" House
Parakeet Alexandrine Moderate Good Some 30 23" House
Parakeet Bourke's Minimal Rare Some 15 08" Apt
Parakeet Budgerigar Minimal Great Some 8 07-9" Apt
Parakeet Derbyan Moderate Poor A little 19 20" House
Parakeet Indian Ringneck Moderate Good Some 25 16" House
Parakeet Lineolated Minimal Good Some 12 07" Apt
Parakeet Plum-Headed Moderate Good Some 30 13" House
Parakeet Quaker Moderate Good Some 30 12" House
Parakeet Regent Moderate Good Some 30 15" House
Parakeet Rosella Low Rare Rare 30 12" House
Parrotlet Parrotlets Low Good Some 20 05" Apt
Pionus Blue-Headed Low Poor Some 30 10" Apt
Pionus Bronze-Winged Low Poor A little 30 11" Apt
Pionus Dusky Low Poor Some 30 13" Apt
Pionus Maximilian's Low Poor Some 30 12" Apt
Pionus White-Capped Low Poor A little 30 09" Apt
Poicephalus Brown-Headed Low Good Some 25 09" Apt
Poicephalus Cape/Un-Cape Parrot Moderate Poor A lot! 40 13" Apt
Poicephalus Jardine's Moderate Good Some 30 12" Apt
Poicephalus Meyer's Moderate Poor Some 30 09" Apt
Poicephalus Red-Bellied Low Good Some 30 09" Apt
Poicephalus Senegal Low Good Some 30 09" Apt
Toucan Toucan Loud Poor Rare 15-20 20" House

 

[Kiwibird]

Interesting lists! Don't know how much I support people who are not super knowledgeable basing their parrot decision off such a list, but it's a nice place to start your search. I hope the sites those kinds of lists are on also specify that each parrot is an individual. I see Kiwi is not suggested to live in an apartment on MrsKay's list. I'll have to let him know he will be sleeping in a birdhouse in the tree outside from now on

 

[Phlox]

Yeah, so far, Iris is ridiculously quiet and doesn't talk (she used to but apparently not for a long time). Like weirdo quiet. And my budgie again? Obnoxious, as is my hen cockatiel.

So I guess, in general these might work, but doesn't really cover everything.

 

[Kiwibird]

Kiwi definitely has a good set of lungs on him, and is capable (and on occasion does) scream loud enough to shatter your eardrums, but it's very rare he does. He's generally a nice, quiet boy who makes nice, pleasant sounds. Iris is older if I'm not mistaken (?) and sounds like she came from a good home. Older zons who have been sexually mature for a few years and have been treated well tend to mellow out A LOT and are just really good birds. It's when they're juveniles and those first few years after they hit puberty that they are the monsters you hear horror stories about:52:

This is actually a good point to really bring into focus how important such a list is to try to view in context. Many of the smaller birds can't physically produce noises you hear down the block, but they are noisy all the time even when they're well cared for. But with big birds, they tend to have noisy times in their lives and are capable of making VERY LOUD noises, but in a happy home don't scream very often and can be conditioned to make quieter vocalizations.

 

[MrsKay]

These are only a few. The first site I stumbled upon stated that they are the 'only website in the world' with such a chart.
Just try typing into search: 'Parrot Comparison Charts' and be prepared for 100,000.000 results. lol
I actually don't find them very helpful at all. I do not recommend these sites. Just thought it was interesting.

 

[Kalidasa]

Interesting...I notice that the lifespans of most species is much shorter than the actual of healthy, well cared-for birds. Wondering if they got their data from inexperienced owners, or statistics from birds that were not well cared for, perhaps from several generations ago when people didn't know any better.

 

[weco]

Interesting...I notice that the lifespans of most species is much shorter than the actual of healthy, well cared-for birds. Wondering if they got their data from inexperienced owners, or statistics from birds that were not well cared for, perhaps from several generations ago when people didn't know any better.

Kalidasa, when I was building my database & crosschecking things, I found that some of the original information had been plucked from publications/books as far back as the 40s and that when the "have your own website" craze hit, people just cut & pasted info to their site.....I also found that some sites, to keep from being accused of plagiarism, tried putting the information in their own words, but if you question their resources, you often don't get a reply, or maybe the resource they were relying on is no longer around, but I agree with you.....