Different Species of Parrot

Hi my name is Madeline Franco and I am here to talk about birds, specifically parrots and more specifically than that different species of parrots. There are well over 300 different species of parrots in the world. Some are called old world parrots which hale from Africa, Australia, and points west of the United States and others are new world parrots primarily from South and Central America.

Many of the parrots from old word are called cockatoos and you’ve seen them I’m sure. They are white in color, many of them, some of them are black and some of them are pink. The pink ones are even known as white cockatoos because anything other than black seems to be white. The South American birds and Central American birds tend to be rather colorful. The African parrots by in large a lot of them are fairly dull in color such as the African Grey and the Vosa parrot. Many of these are suitable as pets and a lot of them are found in our culture.

This over here is a Caique. This is Kiki. She is a Caique. They are from South America. She is a small parrot, very suitable as a pet. She lives to play and plays to live and a very companionable little bird.

These are old world parrots from the Solomon Islands primarily Indonesia and this is the male of the Eclectus parrot and that is the female. These are dimorphic.

Other birds, the typical parrot is a, the typical parrot that you see with the long tail is from South American primarily and Central America and they are Macaws.

This here is a parrot that at one time was indigenous to the Western United States. They are having a hard time surviving there though because of the predator population. They are found in the Sierras of Mexico and it is called a thick billed parrot. You cannot buy one of these. This one was given to me as a gift because I do presentations at schools and a friend of mine gave me this bird. It is a wonderful little bird but again they are not available in aviculture because they are restricted. Many of the parrots that we see today are endangered in their environment, their natural environments but they are bred widely in aviculture and in many instances aviculture is help keeping those species alive. Several of them have actually dwindled to frightening numbers in their natural environment due to deforestation and I guess you would call it encroachment by man.

But hopefully we’ve got some good conservation programs going and many of them will increase in numbers. We have had great success with the Blue Throated Macaw and some of the other birds that used to be and still are quite endangered but they are coming around. If you are considering getting a parrot, I would suggest that you get a book or do a lot of studying before you make that decision. It is a big decision to have a bird as a pet, a parrot as a pet. They are long lived. It is not uncommon for them to live 30 to 50 years in captivity so they are a lot of fun. They are very intelligent, long lived and they make great pets but it is a major responsibility when you decide to have one.

Hopefully you enjoyed the video.

When I end up in a new town, I love to stop at the local pet shop to see if they have any different parrots that I haven’t seen yet. I also check the local newspapers and shopper guides to see if there are any parrot breeders in the area. If I have some extra time on the trip I may plan a stop at a near by breeder or pet shop listed in a magazine like “Cage Bird Magazine” especially focusing on establishments the may have rare or different parrots.

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