Hand-feeding Methods & Tools
Hand-feeding Methods and Tools Needed to Raise Chicks is the easiest and “fool-proof” way to feed babies. It takes advantage of the baby’s natural feeding response and introduced it to the taste of food.
Pet Birds
Maroon-bellied Conures, Pyrrhura frontalis
The Maroon-bellied conures are smaller birds with an approximate length of 9 – 10 inches (25 to 28cm). This conure is found in Southeastern Brazil through Northern Argentina.
Sri Lanka Hanging Parrots
Hanging Parrots General Info and Species Listing … Photos of the Various Hanging Parrot Species for Identification The Sri Lanka (Loriculus beryllinus) – formerly known as Ceylon Hanging Parrot – is a brilliantly colored small parrot that is endemic, and relatively common, in Sri Lanka (previously known as Ceylon – before 1972). It tends … Read more
Bird Species (Non-Parrot) starting with Letters R and S
Listing of Parrot Species Birds A-B … Birds C-D … Birds E-G … Birds H-J … Birds K-M … Birds N-O … Birds P-Q … Birds T-Z Racket-tailed Parrots Racket-tailed Parrots Racket-tailed parrots are easily distinguished from all other parrots by their elongated central tail feathers with the bare shaft and spatula at the … Read more
Macaws Behavior, Behavioral Guidance / Training
Macaw ownership generally presents multiple challenges, such as: Lunging: Macaws often lunge at people, especially strangers. The immediate reaction by those “under attack” teaches the macaw that it can control humans with threat behaviors. Experts believe that lunging rarely is about aggression, but macaws use it as a test and as later on as a … Read more
Blue-eyed Cockatoo
The Blue eyed Cockatoo (cacatua ophthalmica) is native to the forests of New Britain and New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea in the western pacific ocean).; where they are typically found in subtropical/tropical lowland moist forests. They are typically seen in pairs or small groups. Blue-eyed cockatoos are very conspicuous when in … Read more
Cuban Conures
Aratinga Conure Info … Aratingas as Pets … Aratinga Conure Species The Cuban or Red-speckled Conure ( Aratinga euops) is endemic to Cuba and, formerly, the Isle of Pines, West Indies. Description: The plumage is mainly green with dispersed red feathers on the head and the body. The underside of wings and … Read more
Glossy Black Cockatoo aka Glossy Cockatoo
The Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) is the smallest member of the subfamily Calyptorhynchinae found in Australia. Distribution / Range The species is uncommon although widespread throughout suitable forest and woodland habitats in Australia, from the central Queensland coast to East Gippsland in Victoria, and inland to the southern tablelands and central western plains of … Read more
Fig Parrot Species
This is an index of all know Fig Parrot species. Each species is a clickable link that will take you to a page with in-depth information about that particular parrot. If you need to do research on all parrot species, click this link. Keeping and Breeding Fig Parrots Diet of / Feeding Your Fig Parrots … Read more
Yellow-shouldered Amazon Parrot
The Yellow-shouldered Parrot or Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis barbadensis) is endemic to northern Venezuela, the Venezuelan islands of Margarita and La Blanquilla, and the island of Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles).