The Field Guide

Pet Birds

Pet Birds articles from Beauty of Birds: expert, ethical guidance on caring for and training pet birds.

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Echo or Mauritius Parakeets

The Mauritius Parakeets (Psittacula echo) - also known as Echo Parakeets, are the rarest extant psittacids in the world. It is endemic to Mauritius in the Mascarene Islands, and formerly might have been found on Réunion as well.

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African Grey Diseases

If you want to know about the Diseases African Grey Parrots Are Most Susceptible To, visit Beauty of Birds and get all the related information.

Black-fronted Parakeets or Tahiti Parakeets

The extinct Black-fronted Parakeet or Tahiti Parakeet (Cyanoramphus zealandicus) was endemic to the island of Tahiti, located in the archipelago of Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean.

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Superb Parrots aka Barraband Parakeets or Parrots

The Superb Parrots (Polytelis swainsonii) are also known as Barraband's or Barraband's Parakeet, which leads to easy confusion with the Orange-cheeked Parrots (Gypopsitta barrabandi aurantiigena), which is also commonly referred to as Barraband's Parrot.

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White-eared Conures, White-eared Parakeets or Maroon-faced Parakeets

The White-eared Parakeets or Maroon-faced Parakeets (Pyrrhura leucotis) are small Pyrrhura Conures. The Painted or Venezuelan, Grey-breasted and Pfrimer's Conures were formerly classed as subspecies of this conure, but are increasingly treated as separate species.

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Rose-headed (Rose-crowned) Conures

The Rose-crowned Conures or Parakeets (Pyrrhura rhodocephala) - also known as Rose-headed Conures or Parakeets - are South American conures that occur naturally in Western Venezuela, where they are fairly common.

Slaty-headed Parakeets

The natural range of the Slaty-headed Parakeets (Psittacula himalayana) extends from the foothills of the Western Himalayas to Arunachal Pradesh (Eastern Afghanistan to Vietnam). They migrate down to the valleys for the winters, usually during the last week of October.

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Port Lincoln Parrots

The Port Lincoln Parrots (Barnardius zonarius aka Platycercus zonarius) are indigenous to the interior of central and south-central Australia, west to central

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