Parrot Personality

Parrot Personality

There are so many Parrot species that are kept in our homes as pets, so finding the one that will suit your home is not easy. Each Parrot has a personality of its own but some behaviours are specific to certain breeds. Below we have compiled some Parrot personality profiles from real Parrot owners from around the world for you to look at.

The list is long but do take time and read these parrot
personality profiles, they are interesting reading and if you are a new parrot owner or would like to know more about other species then this may help.
Thankyou to everyone who contributed.



African Grey / Timneh

African Grey is the most wonderful bird, She will whistle mostly in the mornings and again in the afternoon, Not too noisy, Can be very dusty at times and needs a shower or bath very often.

Be prepared for lots of mess. Interacts with other birds on her own terms, can be a biter if not trained and looked after properly. My Grey does not feather pluck but have heard Greys can get bored easily so need lots of fun things to occupy them throughout the day.She is gentle mostly with a loving outlook, Yes she has mood swings just like a child so reasonably high maintenance."



African Grey does not like being handled; but will let you kiss her and tickle her she will growl at people that she doesn't know if they get to close to her ; she is her own boss doing things on her terms only ; she makes you laugh with all her funny noises that she has picked up ; have to say she causes a great amount of dust ; not long before everything around her is covered in a white powder ; she loves being out of her cage pulling her rope swing to pieces ; she isn't very noisy but she makes herself known to being around with her lovely whistels ; she is a lovely sweet gentle parrot.


Amazon

Amazon Harley is a complete clown. He loves nothing more than being talked to and making you laugh (he even laughs back!) I have had him since he was 10 weeks, and can stroke him all over, kiss his head, turn him on his back and he is so loving. He whistles in the morning and evening and doesn't make too much noise, but please note, this is unusual for an amazon! They can be rather loud! He loves having bath's he lets us know by saying "wanna bathhh!"

Then he gets sprayed. These birds are so inteligent and need a lot of stimulation so they dont get bored and start screaming or plucking. His cage is changed weekly to prevent him getting bored and he has many natrual foraging toys; which he loves! He is hormonal at times although after a while you can tell when they are in "a mood" He loves me, my mum and dad. But is weary my sister and strangers, needs time to get to know them. Although i have been told amazon's can become one person bird's; he isn't.

He talks all the time and is very clear and can be understood by most people. He sings "how much is that doggy in the window", he answers the phone and sings eastender and coronation street (parents fault!) He is my baby and i love him to bits even when he's in a mood! Wouldn't swap him for the world."
Michelle Veitch



Cockatiel
Cockatiel is getting on a bit now, his personality is however great. He will whistle his tunes that he has learnt over the years when he feels like it mainly in the morning and again in the afternoon. Spends alot of time asleep now.

Whe younger he had a partner called 'Bonnie' and bred a couple of times. He was obviously happier then but now he is on his own spends most of his time looking in the mirror. Obviously he misses her and thinks the image is her. Very nice personality all round and thouroughly reccomend a cockatiel as a begginer parrot.

Don't expect any bird to talk, each is an individual but it has been known for cockatiel to learn a few words.'Clyde' has spoken a few words in the past and still tries occasionally. He eats a sead diet, has many perches in a medium sized cage with toys, cuttlebone, and mineral blocks. Does not like to interact with my African Grey but seems inquisative at times. A Low maintenance small parrot ideal as a family parrot. As with all parrots needs interaction to bring the best out of them.


Macaws

My Blue and Gold Macaw likes nothing better than sitting on my hand; if i am not paying him attention he will give a bite just to remind me of that; and when he has all my attention he will try to give me a kiss or his food; he can be very noisy at times and likes alot of attention; he is not to keen on people that he does not know and will display his wings big time and would bite them given the chance; he is also very messy as he loves chucking all his seed out of the bowl until he finds his favourite food; he is on the whole a very boistrous parrot and likes to think he can rule the roost; but inside of all of that he is just a big baby at heart.


Meyers Parrot

Small bird HUGE personality. Into everything, not scared of anything, very sociable with both my partner and me, a little acrobat, likes his tickles, and likes to be held on his back whilst playing or being tickled. Intelligent for his size - he figured out how to get out of his first cage within a week, but that may be the individual bird, not the species. Flies extremely fast when out of the cage - lots of swooping and diving - and is adept at nipping through slightly open doors. He mimics words, whistles, beeps and my other birds noises. He's not too loud, although the occassional tweet can be high pitched and make ears ring.

He can be destructive if not kept an eye on - wallpaper, laptop keys, picture frames etc. and I haven't been able to poop train him. He went through a nippy stage, but as he's now coming up to the age of 2 I'm hoping thats over. He tolerates birds of other species (a cocktiel and GMR) flying around the room with him, and shows no ill effects when the humans of the household work away all day.