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Parakeet Food - A Guide To Feeding Parakeets

How do parakeets feed in the wild? Research has shown that parakeets feed, in the wild, mainly on seeds and fruits. Some species, for examples lories and lorikeets, or the Kea of New Zealand, are s...

A History of Canary Birds

What are canary birds? Canary birds are the most popular pet bird in the world out the 8,700 or so species of modern birds, ranging in size from the huge flightless ostrich to the tiny hummingbird....

Cockatoo Habits & Behaviour - A Guide

How do cockatoos live together in nature? Quite a bit is known about the way of life and the behaviour of cockatoos in their natural habitat, which is in contrast to most of the other parrot specie...

What’s the difference between cockatoos and other parrots?

Cockatoos are different from other parrots in looks as well as in behaviour. Their single-coloured plumage, usually white or dark, and their mobile crest of feathers are in contrast to the brightly...

Parrot Food - A Guide To Feeding Parrots

There are thousands of parrot species in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and indigenous to many different environments, so It’s difficult to have a one-size-fits-all approach to feeding parrots....

What Are Macaw Parrots? Facts About Macaw Parrots

Where do macaw parrots come from? Macaw parrots are iconic and conjure images of long beaches, jungles and pirates. Indeed, these long-tailed, colourful, characterful birds are really the stuff of ...

What Are African Grey Parrots? Facts About Grey Parrots

Where are grey parrots from? The African grey parrot is probably the most popular parrot as a pet and it must be the most familiar of captive species with its unique grey body feathering and bright...

What’s The Difference Between Parrots and Other Birds?

Parrots are readily separated from other bird groups by a number of unique features. Starting off, parrots have a large hooked upper beak called rostrum with an undershot lower beak called mandible...

What is a Parrot? Facts About Parrots

There is much confusion and stereotypes about parrots and what actually constitutes a parrot. They’ve been popular birds since the Roman times, although parrot-keeping reached its peak only after t...

What is the difference between parrot and parakeet?

The simple answer is: The difference between a parrot and a parakeet is that a parrot is a more like a broad term for the whole parrot family encompassing parakeets and parrots respectively; and pa...