Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Types of Lovely Pet Birds as Your Home Companion

Some types of pet birds will for instance live for 50 years or more – are you ready for that type of commitment? Other types of pet birds are incredibly noisy (or adorably chatty, if you are the right person for such a bird) and can disturb their keeper as well as any neighbors.

The following are the kinds of lovely pet birds

Finches
All true finches belong to the family Fringillidae, but many types of pet birds from other families have the word finch in their common name since they look similar to the true finches.


Pigeons and doves
Pigeons are one of the oldest types of pet bird and have been kept for thousands of years – as pets, for food, and to deliver messages.



Parrots
There are roughly 370 known species of parrot and many different types of pet birds belong to this group. African greys, budgerigars (“budgies”), parakeets, rosellas, lovebirds, parrotlets, caiques, cockatoos, cockatiels, conures, pionus birds, macaws, and amazons – they are all parrots. All species of Parrots are protected by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). Fortunately, many parrot species are today successfully bred in captivity which means that you can get this type of pet bird without depleting wild populations.


Amazon Parrot
Amazon parrots comprise the genus Amazona in the parrot family Psittacidae. This type of pet bird is similar to African Grey Parrots in their ability to mimic sounds, including human speech, and their constant need for mental and social stimulation. Amazon parrots are predominantly green but many species sports striking accenting colours.


Caiques
Compared to many other types of pet bird, Caiques are not very good at imitating human speech. 


Canary
Today, there are tree main types of domestic canary: song canaries, colorbred canaries, and type canaries (type canaries are bred for their shape). 


Cockatiels
This bird is also known as Quarrion bird and Weiro bird. Like many other types of pet bird it can bond strongly to its human keeper even when kept with other birds.



Parrotlet
As the name suggests, parrotlets are smaller than most other true parrots and an appreciated type of pet bird among keepers who want a bird that does not require a huge cage.


Parakeet
Many different types of pet bird can be found in this group as well as a lot of wild species that have never been kept as pets. Generally speaking, smaller parrots with long tail feathers are more often referred to as parakeets only, while larger parrots with long tail feather are called parrots and parakeets interchangeably.


Pionus
Pionus is a genus of medium-sized parrots native to Central and South America. These types of pet birds are sometimes confused with Amazon parrots, but Pionus parrots are significantly smaller.




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  1. All species of Parrots are protected by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). lost pet alert

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