The Field Guide

Pet Birds

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

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

Salvadori’s Fig-parrots

The Salvadori’s Fig-parrots  (Psittaculirostris salvadorii) are endemic to northern Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), Indonesia, where they occur from the eastern

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

Cherry Head / Red-masked Conures

Red-masked Conures (Aratinga erythrogenys) are native to South-western Ecuador, North-western Peru. While this conure is commonly referred to as the

Potty-training Your Bird

Tired of bird poop on your shoulder? Love your bird but wish that, aside from installing a volume control, that you could install a poop control too? But you

Breeding Aratinga Conures

The breeding season for Aratinga Conures starts in April and goes on through the end of May; and they reproduce once per year. The male’s mating call alerts

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

Short-tailed Parrot or Sharp-tailed Parrot

The Short-tailed Parrots or Sharp-tailed Parrots (Graydidascalus brachyurus) are the only species of the genus Graydidascalus. The closest relative is the Yellow-faced Parrot (Salvatoria xanthops) and the members of the genus Pionus.

Kawall’s Amazon Parrot

The Kawall’s Amazon (Amazona kawalli) was discovered and described in 1989 by Grantsau and Camargo. This parrot used used to be considered an aberrant form of

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