Did you buy a parrot, but on pleasures forgot to take an interest at the seller what it breeds? Nothing terrible, in spite of the fact that parrots several hundreds of types, are most widespread some.
Instruction
1. The most unpretentious for contents in house conditions are, of course, budgerigars. This is a birdie of the small sizes (10-12 cm), usually with grassy-green plumage and the wavy drawing along a back. On cheeks of a parrot – on the violet extended speck.
2. The parrot of the average sizes with a cop on the head is a korella (nymph). Plumage – from brownish gray to dark gray. The distinctive feature – bright red or orange specks in the field of ears, and can be present at a coloring of wings, along with gray, and white color. At males a cop bright yellow, at the self-check – yellowish-gray.
3. The large white parrot with a cop on the head, capable to become straight when the bird is excited or is nervous, is a cockatoo. If the parrot completely white is a cockatoo Alba. Representatives of a subfamily of a cockatoo differ on color of a cop: small (31-35 cm) and big (45-50 cm) zheltokhokhly, molluksky (up to 55 cm in size with a pink or red cop).
4. The color of a parrot zhako can be completely gray color, however feathers on short, as if cut off, a tail usually red or brown. The sizes of a parrot to the middle – 30-35 cm of Zhako differs in special talents to onomatopoeia, can reproduce both bark of a dog, and a scratch of door loops.
5. However the leader among the speaking parrots is Amazon. In coloring of plumage of Amazon green color, but also red, both blue, and white prevails, and yellow colors are also present. Not without reason subspecies of Amazon following: zheltoloby, sineloby, redtailed and even zheltoplechny. The size of this of "a live rainbow" average – from 25 to 40 cm, depending on subspecies.
6. The largest and one of the most beautiful parrots is a macaw. The size of a bird – up to 90 cm, and length covered – up to 40. In coloring of plumage prevails red though also, as well as Amazon, has also a set of other shades. The large bent beak the bird with ease can split anything therefore, despite her friendly temper, it is necessary to handle with it with care.