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For those of you out there looking for a new bird but you're unsure as to what bird to get? Well, this thread will give you the levels of diffculty on each bird as to their needs, costs, behavior, etc.
I will state a group of parrots, I'll give them one of the five labels (beginner, easy, medium, hard, expereinced), followed by a brief paragraph explaining the type, and then I will rate them on several fields:
1) Cost of bird and cost for care: 1-10 (1 is the cheapest and 10 is most expensive)
2) Diet: 1-5 (1 being basic and 5 complicated. And make sure it's a well balenced diet of pellets, fruits, and veggies)
3) Noise (Include talking, singing, chirping, screaming, etc.): 1-10 (1 being quiet and 10 the noisest)
4) Enrichment and Interation: 1-3 (1 being they can do fine with lots of toys in the cage or with a mate, and 3 being they NEED enrichment and interaction)
5) Messiness: 1-5 (1 being somewhat clean and 5 being extremely messy)
6) Longetivity (how long they live): It'll be stated in years
A few more things: another factor to put in is the bird's personality. Some birds may be different so don't rely on this 100%. And lastly, all birds bite. There's no rate for it. Their biting depends on their personality and trust in humans as well. OK, here goes:
MACAWS: Hard/Experienced
Macaws are the largest of the parrots on the pet market. They're known to be gentle giants filled with huge amounts of love and affection that a price can't be put on. There are different species of macaws with different colors. They tend to be noisy and very mischievious, but their love and cuteness makes up for it.
1) 8-9
2) 3
3) 8
4) 3
5) 4
6) 40-60 years
MINI MACAWS: Hard
The smaller cousins of the giant macaws, the mini's pack a powerful punch for their size. They're basically conure size. Their personalities match to the regular-sized macaws. They may be small, but their hearts are large.
1) 7
2) 3
3) 8
4) 3
5) 4
6)20-30 year
AMAZONS: Experienced
The humble amazons can make the perfect companion if raised right. Amazons have a very stubborn nature and can be grumpy at times. However, they're love bugs with the right person, and can give you all the love they have.
1) 7-8
2) 3
3) 4-6
4) 3
5) 4
6) 60 year and possibly more
COCKATOOS: Medium/Hard/Experienced
The noisy clowns of the parrot family goes to the cockatoo, hands down. They tend to get loud, but they're very lovable. They're also very mischevious, and love to get themselves into all sorts of trouble. Make sure you give them sturdy, good-quality cages since they might attemt at breaking it apart. They're always out for cuddles and love. And they give lots in return.
1) 7-10
2) 4
3) 9-10
4) 3
5) 5
6) 40-50 years
ALEXANDRINES, MOUSTACHE PARAKEETS, AND INDIAN RING NECKS: Easy/Medium
These guys are basically bigger versions of parakeets/budgies. They come in lots of exciting different species and colors. Give them your love and attention, and they'll give more in return.
1) 5-7
2) 2
3) 5-8
4) 2
5) 3
6) 20-30 years
AFRICAN GREYS: Medium/Hard
The chatterboxes and mimics of the parrot family, African Greys have an excellent, and the best, capability to mimic and understand human speech and sounds. They're lovable little buggers who love to perform cranzy antics. However, if you have dander allergies and no air purifier, greys are the worst birds for your allergies.
1) 6-8
2) 3
3) 10
4) 3
5) 4
6) 40-50 years
CONURES: Easy/Medium
The acrobatic conures are such clowns and cuddle bugs. They love to snuggle in any place they can slip themselves into, such as your shirt or hair. They LOVE to chew as well, so make sure they have lots of chew toys, and no hazards for them to chew on outside they cage.
1) 5-6
2) 3
3) 6-10
4) 3
5) 3
6) 15-30 years
POICEPHALUS (INCLUDES JARDINE'S, MEYER'S, AND SENEGALS): Medium
Probably the quietest of all the other parrots (they're still noisy, just not as loud). They are excellent learners and love to learn words, sounds, and tricks. They look for love and attention (and scratches too!), so give them all you got.
1) 5-6
2) 3
3) 3-6
4) 2-3
5) 4
6) 20-30 years
LORIKEETS: Medium/Hard
Lories are really sweet birds with lovable personalities. However, they have special dietary needs, so make sure you look into it before you consider one. And they're very messy, but lovable in all.
1) 6-8
2) 5
3) 5-9
4) 2-3
5) 5
6) 20-25 years
ECLECTUS: Hard
They eclectus is a sexually dimorphic with the males green, and females red. They're loveable birds with big personalities. These birds are also good birds for people with allergies. Their feathers are hair-like rather than feathers, so they give very little dander. They're the hypo-allergenic species of the parrot family. Their diets, however, are a serious matter. They need a very healthy diet of natural (not colored) pellets, lots of veggies, fruits, and sprouts.
1) 8-9
2) 5
3) 4-6
4) 3
5) 4
6) 40-50 years
PIONUS, CAIQUES, AND QUAKERS (THEY'RE NOT THE SAME GENETICALLY, BUT THEY'RE SIMILAR IN MANY WAYS): Easy/Medium
At first, these birds may be shy, but they're very open and have warm hearts. Caiques are the bouning bubbles, always active and on the go. Quakers are sweet birds with a few territorial issues, but that can be worked on. And pionus are very quiet, laid-back birds who love to hang around with their flock.
1) 5-7
2) 2-3
3) 5-8
4) 3
5) 3-4
6)20-30 years
COCKATIELS: Beginner/Easy/Medium
Just because they're easy doesn't mean they should be treated any different from larger parrots. Give them a good diet of pellet, fruits, and veggies with lots of interaction. Cockatiels are birds that can be easily tamed and trained to be your loyal friend and companion for life.
1) 3-5
2) 2
3) 5-7
4) 2-3
5) 3
6) 20-25 years
PARAKEETS: Beginner/Easy
Same as the cockatiel, Just because they're easy doesn't mean they should be treated any different from larger parrots. Give them a good diet of pellet, fruits, and veggies with lots of interaction. Parakeets are great friends if you raise them right. Males are more capable to mimic human speech than females. They're also sexually dimorphic.
1) 2-5
2) 2
3) 5-7
4) 1
5) 2-3
6) 10-20 years
FINCHES: Beginner
Not much to say about finches except that they can sing beautiful birdie songs. It's very hard to hand tame them but you can give it a shot.
1) 1-3
2) 1
3) 5-8
4) 1
5) 1-2
6) 10-20 years
LOVEBIRDS: Medium/Hard
These birds are best to be kept in pairs or more, but even one is still fine. They can get aggressive, moody, and nippy. But overall, they're great birds for owners who want something small and cheap, but challenging.
1) 3-6
2) 3
3) 5-7
4) 2
5) 2
6) 10-20 years
TOUCANS: Hard/Experienced (Special Needs, do more research if you're seriously considering a toucan)
Toucans are beautiful birds with vivid personalities and colors. They're however have completely different dietary requirement from parrots because they're softbills. So make sure you thoroughly research them if you're considering in getting one. They still make great comapnions, and another thing, they love to be babied around.
1) 9-10
2) 5
3) 3-5
4) 3
5) 5
6) 20-30 years
HAWK-HEADED PARROTS: Hard/Experienced
When they display, they have a "fan of feathers" that will spread out around their heads, crimson feathers, tipped in bright blue. These beauties are vocal and fun as pets. They can be somewhat moody, so it may be crucial to handle them daily to keep them from preferring solitude.
1) 8-9
2) 4
3) 6-8
4) 3
5) 4
6) 30-40 years
Remember, there's also their personalities that might make them different from these numbers. And also, if you're a beginner but you want to shoot for a macaw, go for it, but just be sure you can handle it.
Hope this helps you pick out your new friend for life
I will state a group of parrots, I'll give them one of the five labels (beginner, easy, medium, hard, expereinced), followed by a brief paragraph explaining the type, and then I will rate them on several fields:
1) Cost of bird and cost for care: 1-10 (1 is the cheapest and 10 is most expensive)
2) Diet: 1-5 (1 being basic and 5 complicated. And make sure it's a well balenced diet of pellets, fruits, and veggies)
3) Noise (Include talking, singing, chirping, screaming, etc.): 1-10 (1 being quiet and 10 the noisest)
4) Enrichment and Interation: 1-3 (1 being they can do fine with lots of toys in the cage or with a mate, and 3 being they NEED enrichment and interaction)
5) Messiness: 1-5 (1 being somewhat clean and 5 being extremely messy)
6) Longetivity (how long they live): It'll be stated in years
A few more things: another factor to put in is the bird's personality. Some birds may be different so don't rely on this 100%. And lastly, all birds bite. There's no rate for it. Their biting depends on their personality and trust in humans as well. OK, here goes:
MACAWS: Hard/Experienced
Macaws are the largest of the parrots on the pet market. They're known to be gentle giants filled with huge amounts of love and affection that a price can't be put on. There are different species of macaws with different colors. They tend to be noisy and very mischievious, but their love and cuteness makes up for it.
1) 8-9
2) 3
3) 8
4) 3
5) 4
6) 40-60 years
MINI MACAWS: Hard
The smaller cousins of the giant macaws, the mini's pack a powerful punch for their size. They're basically conure size. Their personalities match to the regular-sized macaws. They may be small, but their hearts are large.
1) 7
2) 3
3) 8
4) 3
5) 4
6)20-30 year
AMAZONS: Experienced
The humble amazons can make the perfect companion if raised right. Amazons have a very stubborn nature and can be grumpy at times. However, they're love bugs with the right person, and can give you all the love they have.
1) 7-8
2) 3
3) 4-6
4) 3
5) 4
6) 60 year and possibly more
COCKATOOS: Medium/Hard/Experienced
The noisy clowns of the parrot family goes to the cockatoo, hands down. They tend to get loud, but they're very lovable. They're also very mischevious, and love to get themselves into all sorts of trouble. Make sure you give them sturdy, good-quality cages since they might attemt at breaking it apart. They're always out for cuddles and love. And they give lots in return.
1) 7-10
2) 4
3) 9-10
4) 3
5) 5
6) 40-50 years
ALEXANDRINES, MOUSTACHE PARAKEETS, AND INDIAN RING NECKS: Easy/Medium
These guys are basically bigger versions of parakeets/budgies. They come in lots of exciting different species and colors. Give them your love and attention, and they'll give more in return.
1) 5-7
2) 2
3) 5-8
4) 2
5) 3
6) 20-30 years
AFRICAN GREYS: Medium/Hard
The chatterboxes and mimics of the parrot family, African Greys have an excellent, and the best, capability to mimic and understand human speech and sounds. They're lovable little buggers who love to perform cranzy antics. However, if you have dander allergies and no air purifier, greys are the worst birds for your allergies.
1) 6-8
2) 3
3) 10
4) 3
5) 4
6) 40-50 years
CONURES: Easy/Medium
The acrobatic conures are such clowns and cuddle bugs. They love to snuggle in any place they can slip themselves into, such as your shirt or hair. They LOVE to chew as well, so make sure they have lots of chew toys, and no hazards for them to chew on outside they cage.
1) 5-6
2) 3
3) 6-10
4) 3
5) 3
6) 15-30 years
POICEPHALUS (INCLUDES JARDINE'S, MEYER'S, AND SENEGALS): Medium
Probably the quietest of all the other parrots (they're still noisy, just not as loud). They are excellent learners and love to learn words, sounds, and tricks. They look for love and attention (and scratches too!), so give them all you got.
1) 5-6
2) 3
3) 3-6
4) 2-3
5) 4
6) 20-30 years
LORIKEETS: Medium/Hard
Lories are really sweet birds with lovable personalities. However, they have special dietary needs, so make sure you look into it before you consider one. And they're very messy, but lovable in all.
1) 6-8
2) 5
3) 5-9
4) 2-3
5) 5
6) 20-25 years
ECLECTUS: Hard
They eclectus is a sexually dimorphic with the males green, and females red. They're loveable birds with big personalities. These birds are also good birds for people with allergies. Their feathers are hair-like rather than feathers, so they give very little dander. They're the hypo-allergenic species of the parrot family. Their diets, however, are a serious matter. They need a very healthy diet of natural (not colored) pellets, lots of veggies, fruits, and sprouts.
1) 8-9
2) 5
3) 4-6
4) 3
5) 4
6) 40-50 years
PIONUS, CAIQUES, AND QUAKERS (THEY'RE NOT THE SAME GENETICALLY, BUT THEY'RE SIMILAR IN MANY WAYS): Easy/Medium
At first, these birds may be shy, but they're very open and have warm hearts. Caiques are the bouning bubbles, always active and on the go. Quakers are sweet birds with a few territorial issues, but that can be worked on. And pionus are very quiet, laid-back birds who love to hang around with their flock.
1) 5-7
2) 2-3
3) 5-8
4) 3
5) 3-4
6)20-30 years
COCKATIELS: Beginner/Easy/Medium
Just because they're easy doesn't mean they should be treated any different from larger parrots. Give them a good diet of pellet, fruits, and veggies with lots of interaction. Cockatiels are birds that can be easily tamed and trained to be your loyal friend and companion for life.
1) 3-5
2) 2
3) 5-7
4) 2-3
5) 3
6) 20-25 years
PARAKEETS: Beginner/Easy
Same as the cockatiel, Just because they're easy doesn't mean they should be treated any different from larger parrots. Give them a good diet of pellet, fruits, and veggies with lots of interaction. Parakeets are great friends if you raise them right. Males are more capable to mimic human speech than females. They're also sexually dimorphic.
1) 2-5
2) 2
3) 5-7
4) 1
5) 2-3
6) 10-20 years
FINCHES: Beginner
Not much to say about finches except that they can sing beautiful birdie songs. It's very hard to hand tame them but you can give it a shot.
1) 1-3
2) 1
3) 5-8
4) 1
5) 1-2
6) 10-20 years
LOVEBIRDS: Medium/Hard
These birds are best to be kept in pairs or more, but even one is still fine. They can get aggressive, moody, and nippy. But overall, they're great birds for owners who want something small and cheap, but challenging.
1) 3-6
2) 3
3) 5-7
4) 2
5) 2
6) 10-20 years
TOUCANS: Hard/Experienced (Special Needs, do more research if you're seriously considering a toucan)
Toucans are beautiful birds with vivid personalities and colors. They're however have completely different dietary requirement from parrots because they're softbills. So make sure you thoroughly research them if you're considering in getting one. They still make great comapnions, and another thing, they love to be babied around.
1) 9-10
2) 5
3) 3-5
4) 3
5) 5
6) 20-30 years
HAWK-HEADED PARROTS: Hard/Experienced
When they display, they have a "fan of feathers" that will spread out around their heads, crimson feathers, tipped in bright blue. These beauties are vocal and fun as pets. They can be somewhat moody, so it may be crucial to handle them daily to keep them from preferring solitude.
1) 8-9
2) 4
3) 6-8
4) 3
5) 4
6) 30-40 years
Remember, there's also their personalities that might make them different from these numbers. And also, if you're a beginner but you want to shoot for a macaw, go for it, but just be sure you can handle it.
Hope this helps you pick out your new friend for life
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