Mini-Macaws

These  birds...  have  big  personalities,  housed  in  small 
packages.   The  Mini-Macaws,  are  an  average  12  to  15
inches  and  are  easier  to  house  and  care  for  than  their
significantly  larger  counterparts,  the  larger  Macaws.

Mini-Macaws...  fed  as  hand  fed  babies,  rival  the  intellect
and  curiosity,  of  the  much  larger  Macaws,  and  are  often 
better  "talkers". 

The Mini-Macaw... has a great  inquisitiveness and can
be  quite  the  character. The most commonly available 
mini's, are the "Yellow Collared", "Severe", "Red-shouldered", 
"Hahn's" and "Noble". Other, less common Mini-Macaws, are
the "Red-bellied", "Illiger's" and the exceptionally rare bird,
known as the "Blue Headed" Mini-Macaw.

Mini-Macaw  subspecies...  are  the  'Yellow  Collared', 
'Severe',  'Hahn's'  and  the  'Nobles'.   When  taught  to  speak,
at  a  young  age,  they  can  learn  up  to  50  words.   Hand  fed
Mini's,  are  sweet  and  gentle  and  have  cute,  squeaky  little 
voices.

Parrot Species

There are presently 352 species of parrots,
as recognized in "Parrots - a Guide to Parrots of 
the World"  by Tony Juniper and Mike Parr

Macaws

Spixs,  Lears,  Blue  Throated, Red  Fronted,  Hyacinth, 
Great  Green  or  Buffons,  Military,  Green  Wing,  Blue 
and  Gold,  Scarlet, Yellow Collared, Chestnut  Fronted 
or  Severe,  Red  Bellied,  Blue  Winged  or  Illigers, 
Noble,  Hahns  and,  Blue  Headed,  Glaucous 
(probably extinct).

Amazons

Cuban,  Hispaniolan,  Puerto  Rican,  Yellow  Billed,  Green 
Cheeked,  White  Fronted,  Yellow  Lored,  Black  Billed, 
Tucuaman,  Red  Spectacled,  Llilac  Crowned,  Yellow 
Cheeked,  Blue  Cheeked,  Red  Browed,  Red  Tailed, 
Festive,  Vinaceous,  Yellow  Faced,  Yellow  Shouldered, 
Blue  Fronted,  Yellow  Headed,  Yellow  Naped,  Yellow
Crowned,  Orange  Winged,  Scaly  Naped,  White  Faced,
Mealy,  St.  Vincent,  Red  Necked,  St.  Lucia,  and  Imperial.

Conures

Blue  Crowned,  Golden,  Olive  Throated,  Red  Fronted, 
Mitred,  Red Masked  White Eyed,   Finsch's,  Cuban 
Hispaniolan,  Green,  Socorro, Sun,  Jjanday,  Golden 
Capped,  Peach  Fronted, Dusky  Headed, Orange 
Fronted,  Brown  Throated,  Cactus,  Black  Hooked, 
Golden Plumed,  Yellow  Eared  Parrot,  Austral,  Slender 
Billed, Blue  Throated Maroon  Bellied,  Green  Cheeked, 
White  Eared,  Painted,  Crimson Bellied,  Pearly,  Santa  
Maria,  Giery  Shouldered,  Black  Tailed,  El  Oro, 
White  Breasted,  Black  Capped,  Brown  Breasted, 
Red  Eared, Rose  Crowned,  Sulphur  Winged.

Neo-tropical   "Parakeets"

Sierra,  Mountain,  Barred,  Andean,  Fufous  Fronted,  Plain, 
Canary Winged,  Grey  Cheeked,  Tovi,  Cobalt   Winged, 
Golden  Winged,  Tui.

Parrot lets

Mexican, Spectacled, Pacific, Yellow Faced, Dusky Billed, 
Green Rumped, Blue Winged, Tepui, Amazonian, Lilac Tailed, 
Scarlet Shouldered, Red Fronted, Red Winged, 
Sapphire Rumped, Brown Backed,
Golden Tailed, Spot Winged.

Other  New  World  Parrots

Thick Billed Parrot, Maroon Fronted Parrot, 
Pantagonian Conure, Monk  Parakeet,  Black Headed 
Caique, White Bellied Caique, Saffron Headed, 
Brown  Hooded, Rose Faced, Short  Tailed, Orange 
Cheeked, Vulturine, Caica, Red Capped, Black  Winged,
Fuerte's, Red Faced, Blue Headed Parrot, White Crowned, 
Dusky, Scaly Headed, Speckle Faced, 
Red Billed, Bronze Winged,  Hawk Headed, 
Purple  Bellied.

Cockatoos

Palm, Glossy Black, Red Tailed Black, Yellow Tailed 
Black, White Tailed Black, Long Billed Black, Gang-Gang, 
Galah, Sulphur Crested, Pink  or  Leadbeaters,  Blue  Eyed,
 Moluccan or Salmon Crested, Umbrella or White, 
Philippine or Red Vented, Goffins or Tanimbar, Ducorps, 
Long Billed Corella, Little Corella, Western Corella.

Other  Old  World  Parrots

Pesquet's, Kea, Kaka, Kakapo, Blue  Rumped,  Painted
  Tiger, Brehm's Tiger,  Modest  Tiger,  Madarasz'a  Tiger,
Red  Cheeked,  Blue Collared,  Singing,  Montane
Racquet  Tail,  Mindanao Racquet Tail, Blue  Headed
Racquet  Tail,  Green  Racquet  Tail, Blue Winged
Racquet Tail, Yellow Breasted Racquet  Tail, Golden
Mantled Racquet Tail, Blue Crowned  Racquet  Tail,
Bubu  Racquet  Tail, Great Billed Parrot,  Blue  Naped,
Blue  Backed,  Black  Lored,  Eclectus  Parrot,  Crimson
Shining, Red Shining, Masked Shining, Australian
King  Parrot, Muluccan  King, Pupuan King, Olive
Shouldered, Red Winged, Superb, Regent, Red
Capped Alexandra's,  Port Lincoln  Ring neck, Mallee
Ring neck,  Bluebonnet, Red  Rumped,  Mulga, 
Hooded, Golden Shouldered, Paradise, Bourke's,
Antipodes Green Parakeet,  Norfolk  Island Parakeet,
Red Fronted Parakeet, New Caledonian Parakeet, 
Yellow Fronted Parakeet,  Horned Parakeet, Uvea 
Parakeet,  Blue Winged, Elegant, Rock Orange 
Bellied, Turquoise Parrot  Scarlet  Chested, 
Budgerigar, Swift, Cockatiel, Ground, Night, 
Vasa, Black, African Grey, Brown Necked, 
Jardine's, Senegal, Meyer's, Yellow  Faced, 
Red  Bellied, Brown Headed, Ruppell's Niaminiam,

Pygmy Parrots

Buff Faced, Yellow Capped Geelvink, Meek's, 
Finsch's,  Red Breasted.
 

Fig Parrots

Orange Breasted, Edwards's, Salvadori's, Double 
Eyed, Large, Guiabero.

Rosellas

Western, Crimson, Yellow, Adelaide, Green, Northern,
Pale Headed, Eastern.

Lovebirds

Grey Headed, Red Faced, Black Winged, Black Collared,
 Peach Faced, Fischer's, Yellow  Collared, Nyasa, 
Black Cheeked.

Hanging Parrots

Vernal, Ceylon, Colasisi, Black  Billed, Blue Crowned, 
Sulawesi, Moluccan, Sangir, Orange Fronted, Green 
Fronted, Red Billed, Yellow Throated, Wallace's.

African and Asian Parakeets

Alexandrine, Ring Necked, Mauritius or Echo, Slaty 
Headed, Finsch's, Plum Headed, Blossom Headed, 
Intermediate, Malabar, Emerald Collared, Lord Derby's,
Nicobar, Red Breasted, Long  Tailed.

Lories

Black Lory, Brown, Yellow  Streaked, Cardinal, Dusky,
Black  Winged, Violet  Necked,  Red, Blue Streaked, 
Red and Blue,  Blue Eared, Purple Bellied, Black 
Capped, White Naped, Yellow Bibbed, Purple 
Naped, Chattering.

Lorikeets

Rainbow, Red Collared, Pohnpei, Ornate, Mindanao,
Yellow  and Green,  Scaly  Breasted, Olive Headed, 
Varied, Iris, Goldie's, Collared, Blue Crowned, 
Stephen's,  Kuhl's,  Ultramarine, Blue, Musk, Little,
Purple Crowned, Palm, Red Chinned, Meek's, Blue 
Fronted, Pygmy, Striated,  Red Fronted, Red Flanked,
Red Throated New Caledonian, Duchess, Papuan, 
Josephine's, Fairy, Yellow Billed, Plum Faced,
Orange Billed.

Amazon Parrots

Amazon  Parrots... make  terrific pets  for  those  looking 
for  a long-term and potentially  life  long  friend.   With  an 
average  life span, of greater than 50 years  and often
living  to  well  over 100 years,  Amazon  Parrots  will  bring 
a  lifetime of  love  and  joy,  to  your  family.  

If  you  value  humor.... and the Amazon's incredible ability
and  inclination,  towards  "speech"   then  the  Amazon, is 
the  perfect  choice  for  you!  Amazons are very independent 
and  intelligent  creatures.

When  provided  with  an  enriched  environment,  they 
remain  capable  of  learning,  throughout  their  entire  life
span.

There  are  approximately  27  species... of  Amazon 
parrots, dependant  upon  how   they  are  classified  and
grouped.   Amazons  are  amongst  the  largest  groups,
of  the  parrot  world.  According  to  history, it  is said
that  Amazons  were  given  their  name,  by  Christopher
Columbus,  himself.   He  introduced  the  brightly green
colored, shorter  winged  birds,  to  his  native  Europe
after  his  first  visit,  to  the  "New  World."
 

Today  Amazons... can be found in the their natural habitat 
throughout  South America,  Mexico and the Caribbean side
of  Costa Rica.  While some species exist  in  such  great
numbers,   that  they  are  often  regarded  as  a  nuisance, 
in their  native  countries, others  are  very  nearly  extinct.  

For  this  reason and  to  protect  these  beautiful  winged 
creatures,  in  their  native  environments, international trade.
of  wild  Parrots,  has  been  strictly   prohibited.   However, 
most  species  of  Amazon  Parrot  continue  to  very
successfully  be  bred... in  captivity.   Some  of  the 
commonly  available  species  of  Amazon  Parrot, are  the
"Yellow  Nape",  "Lilac  Crown"  and  the "Double  Yellow
Head"  Amazons.

  Traits and Care

"Amazons  Rule"  is  the  Amazon  view  point  of  life. 
They  make excellent  pets  for  people,  who  enjoy  interaction
with  bold  and  sometimes  irrepressible  personalities.   These 
birds...  are unique  creatures, and they  want  you  to  know
it,  and  appreciate  it!   Many companion Amazons, would  be
excellent  candidates  for  the  category  of  "Best  Talker".

If  you  value  the  ability  of  speech  and  strength  of  character,
above the type of bird, that would  crave more human contact 
and petting, then you should seriously consider  an Amazon Parrot, 
as  your  new companion.  Amazons will remain  tame,  throughout
their  lifetime  provided  that  they  are  trained  and  positively  motivated.

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Parrots, Costa Rica Parrots, Caique,  Conure, Eclectus,
and  Senagal.  Physical Characteristics, Behavior & Care.
 

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