The Field Guide

Pet Birds

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

Elegant Parrots or Elegant Grass Parakeets

The Elegant Parrots, Elegant Grass Parakeets or Elegant Neophemas (Neophema elegans) are endemic to South-western and South-eastern Australia as well as Kangaroo Island where they prefer the open country.

Solomon Eclectus

The Solomon Eclectus Parrots (Eclectus roratus solomonensis) – also known as Solomon Island Eclectus Parrots – occur naturally throughout the Solomon Islands

Sangihe Hanging Parrots

The Sangihe Hanging Parrots (Loriculus catamene) are endemic to the small island of Sangihe, north of Sulawesi, in Indonesia where they can be found at

Two blue and gold macaws face to face, one holding a red berry in its beak

Purple-crowned Lorikeets

The Purple-crowned Lorikeets (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala) are distributed from eastern Victoria to the south of Western Australia. They are found in lightly

Niam-Niam Parrots

The Niam-niam Parrot (Poicephalus crassus) is endemic to Central Africa, where it can be found in eastern Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, southwest

Orange-fronted Hanging-parrots

The Orange-fronted Hanging-parrot (Loriculus aurantiifrons) is found on the island of Misool (Maluku Province) in western Papuan Islands in Indonesia, as well

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