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PET BIRD PERSONALITIES (8): Macaws, Mynahs
Macaws Macaws are the largest commonly kept cage birds. They hail from South America and are available in a rainbow of colors, including green, blue, and red. Macaws are highly intelligent, outgoing birds who can learn to talk or per-form tricks.
PET BIRD PERSONALITIES (7): Lories, Lovebirds
Lories Lories are active, lively parrots from the South Pacific. They are available in a variety of sizes and colors to suit almost anyone’s taste. Keep in mind that these brush-tongued parrots are specialty feeders, favoring a diet of nectar and fruit over seeds or pellets.
PET BIRD PERSONALITIES (6): Grass Parakeets, Hawkheaded Parrots, Kakarikis
Grass Parakeets Grass parakeet is a term used to describe several genera of small, colorful Australian parrots that make good candidates for aviary living. They can be kept with finches and small, nonaggressive parrots. Commonly kept species include the Bourke’s parakeet, the Princess of Wales parakeet, and the red-rumped para-keet.
PET BIRD PERSONALITIES (5): Diamond Doves, Eclectus, Finches
Diamond Doves Diamond doves are native to Australia. They take their name from the pattern of small white dots found across their otherwise gray wings. About a dozen color forms exist besides the wild gray form, including cinnamon, red diamond, yellow diamond, and snow white.
PET BIRD PERSONALITIES (4): Cockatoos, Conures
Cockatoos Cockatoos originated in Australia. With their striking appearance and cuddly personalities, these crested white or pink birds are sure to attract attention. Be warned that these feathered teddy bears are not necessarily the “loves” they appear to be. Male cockatoos can kill mates during breeding season.
PET BIRD PERSONALITIES (3): Caiques, Canaries, Cockatiels
Caiques Caiques (pronounced ky-EEKs) are small, highly active parrots from South America. These intelligent little parrots have good appetites and a tendency to taste almost anything and everything around them. Noted chewers, caiques need to have plenty of toys to destroy.
PET BIRD PERSONALITIES (2): Brotogeris, Budgerigars
Brotogeris The Brotogeris (pronounced bro-toe-JER-us) genus includes grey-cheeked, bee bee, and canary-winged parakeets. These small green birds from Mexico and South America have also been described as “pocket parrots” because of their small sizes and their fondness for hiding in the pockets of their owners’ shirts.
PET BIRD PERSONALITIES (1): African Greys, Amazons
African Greys As their name suggests, African greys come from Africa and are predominantly gray birds with red tails. These highly intelligent parrots are regarded throughout the bird-keeping world for their talking abilities, although no bird is guaranteed to talk.
SPECIAL FEATURES OF BIRDS (7): Territory
Habitat selection varies according to species but not all habitat selection involves ‘territory’. Many species remain itinerant, at least to some extent. Albatrosses, as is legendary, are eternal wanderers, the seas being their true home.
SPECIAL FEATURES OF BIRDS (6): Food and foraging
Birds occupy both a vertical plane and a horizontal plane above ground level. Not all birds forage for food at the same level above ground. Shorebirds, waders, ducks and other waterbirds may feed well below the surface of the water or even at the bottom of a shallow lake, swamp, lagoon or river.
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