what is the best bird pet? what are the most beautiful birds that can be a pet?

Question

im lookin 4 a bird..tnx

Answer 1

Getting a bird is a big responsibility. They are highly social creatures that need a lot of interaction. They can live decades. Check out these sites if you are ready to make a serious, life-ling committment to a bird.
http://harleysperch.com/rightbird.htm
http://www.birdsnways.com/birds/artspec.htm

Answer 2

It really depends on your budget and the amount of space you can give the bird. Just because a bird is beautiful doesn't mean you should buy it. You need to consider the fact that some birds can live for up to fifty years, or more, and that they require almost constant care. If you can't dedicate a lot of time to a bird, then I suggest not getting one.

If you do get a bird, choose carefully. Parakeets are probably the least expensive, parrots the most expensive, and all the other birds ranging somewhere between about 40 dollars to about 150. Literally all pet birds are considered beautiful.

Answer 3

You sound like a complete novice, as you are asking blindly about the best birds. I highly suggest that you go to your local library or book store, and read everything you can on different bird species, and see what best fits into your life style.

Any bird in the parrot famiy (parakeets and cockatiels included) need a lot of care. I have been a bird enthusist for 10 years, and still do not own my own bird, as they are a huge commitment and my life style can not fit them in yet.

Just a dfferent opinion from someone who has worked with birds, joined local bird clubs, and offers to bird sit, but will not own a bird at this point, because the care of a large parrot is harder than raising a child, as children eventually can take care of themselves as they age, but parrots remain perpetual three year olds.

Answer 4

if you have never had a bird i wouldnt suggest going out and gettig a parrot, they take some work, but more importantly it is hard to understand what you are getitng into, do your research on a species and go from there. starting with like a parakeet or a cockatiel if you have the time a companion bird needs is good, but still do some reasearch to see what would be best for you.. i have finchs and a cancary and i love them.. they work for me.. one day i see myself owning a smaller cockatoo or a sun conure , jenday conure or a caique.. will be a few years at the soonest tho good luck
and a suggestion, there are sometimes birds at the animal shelter that would really appreciate a home, that is probably more stressful on them than a pet store, there is a cockatiel at mine at the moment..

Answer 5

Birds, in general, don't make very good pets.
They are all messy. There's no way to get around that. I've never met a bird that didn't like to play with its food, and I've met a few that would poop anywhere but where you wanted them to.
Birds that are small and fairly easy to take care of (such as finches) aren't terribly interesting to interact with.
Birds that are interesting to interact with (such as parrots) make really terrible pets for most people. They are very intelligent and social creatures. They need almost constant attention to be happy. When they're not happy, they can make your life miserable.
Some of them are so loud they can damage your hearing.
A parrot's idea of fun is destroying anything it can get its beak on.
Their bites can be extremely painful, and even small parrots can do a lot of damage if they feel like it.
Parrots are hard to understand and impossible to predict. A behavior you might see as cute or friendly may in fact be a display of aggression. Misunderstandings with parrots can be very painful and leave you with ugly scars.
Most people who get parrots as pets don't keep them, and being shuffled from one home to the next makes for one very distraught and unpleasant bird.

Answer 6

How much space can you provide, how much time and how much cleaning can you put up with ^.^ ?

If you don't want to spend every day for the next 30 years pulling a bird out of a cage and playing with it, finches and canaries are great pets. They don't require much food or water or attention - at least in comparison to a green wing macaw. The messes they make aren't huge and their noise level is small. The Gouldian Finch is said to be the most beautiful of birds with its purple chest, red, black or yellow head and painted body. Canaries come in amazing feather textures and colors. My personal favorite is the frosted corona red factor canary. It's a red bird with white flecks over it and it has a cute little crest.

If you want something more demanding, the rarer cockatiel colors are gorgeous to look at. There's yellow cheeked and white faced mutations, plus the feather pattern called 'pearl' is hard to beat. They come in all yellow, all white and a rare color that under certain lighting looks almost green. Cockatiels are the most docile of parrots and aren't likely to chew off a finger if they get mad :-) .

Budgies (aka 'Parakeets') are a common pet. They come in every shade of blue, green, purple (violet) and yellow. There's even albino and lutino colors. Their noise level is low, but they like to chatter all day! They're also one of the better speaking parrots,

More challenging are the conures. They have more attitude and have louder voices. Sun, Jenday and Gold capped conures have loud voices but stunning colors. The jenday and sun are mostly yellow with green, black and blue tinged wings. Suns also have yellow on their shoulders. There's also the very rare Golden Conure with its yellow body and black wing tips. This bird is severely endangered so you'll need a permit and a huge bank account to acquire one of these beauties.

If you want a quieter conure, the painted, black capped, green cheeked and rose crowned conures are among the most stunning examples. Green cheeks also come in blue, fallow, yellow sided and 'pineapple', which is a mix of the fallow and yellow sided mutations. I think Black capped conures are coming out in a rare red sided variation.

One step up from conures are lorys and lorikeets. These guys have high pitched screechy voices and have a reputation for really watery, sticky turds. Their turds are due to their diet which is mostly fruit and nectar.They also have a reputation for aggression. However, they are gorgeous gorgeous GORGEOUS birds! If I ever get a Lory, it may be a blue streaked which is red with electric blue feathers spotting it's body. The rainbow Lory is just as stunning. So is the Goldie's.

if you want a larger macaw, Blue and Golds, Green Wings, scarlets, hyacinths and Lear's are among the most colorful. Lea rs and Hyacinths are endangered so, like the golden conure, you'll either need a permit and/or a large bank account to purchase one.

There's also Toucans, Corvids, Thrushes, Peking Robins, Mannikin's, Wax bills, Widow Birds and Fruit Doves. Reasearch your options. Some of the most colorful birds have the most specialized care and may not be the best pets. Some birds, like toucans, need a room sized cage to get the exercise they need. Some of the smaller birds need insects in their died and canned cat food. If you're looking for an easily available bird with color, look for parrots. Love birds and Parrotlettes are great pets and have many iridescent colors when you see them in person.

Good luck on your hunt! Birds can be very rewarding companions!

Answer 7

When I started with birds I had a Conure; They are like little parrots, they will do mimicking although they don't do voices, he could ring like the phone and gave GREAT kisses! He was always the hit of the house(his name was Brutus, very ironic, since he was so small, yet very mighty!) He could imitate my laugh and my ex-husbands very sexy smokers cough! Cause you can never get enough of that smokers cough! If you don't know birds that well start with something small like that, because Parrots, Cockatoos (not tiels) are harder and most people don't really know that before they get them.

Answer 8

An African Grey - in the parrot family, tends to bond to one person, talks, mimics sound, can understand, have the ability to learn a large vocabulary and has a long lifespan. Not the most beautiful (color wise), but very good companion. The easiest to take care of are budgerigars, or parakeets. They also can be taught to talk.

Answer 9

Check out liniolated parakeets the next bird I get will be one of those. They have a absolutely beautiful sound and they don't get as loud a larger bird. I've also enjoyed my parrotlet a lot also, pleasant sound and loads of pesonality. Great starter bird.

Answer 10

I agree with Amanda Cockatiels are very under estimated creatures if you can get hold of a hand-reared one (I just happen to have one for sale) they are colourful, very loving, don't bite if treated with respect, don't need the same space as the large parrots, and are relatively cheap to buy and feed.