SPECIES |
NOISE |
MESS |
TALKING |
CHILDREN |
COST |
DWELLING |
African Gray |
4 |
4 |
5 |
Older |
4 |
House |
Bourke's Parakeets |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Older |
2 |
Apartment |
Brotogeris |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Older |
2-3 (depending on species) |
Apartment |
Budgies (parakeets) |
1 |
1 |
5 |
Yes |
1 |
Apartment |
Caiques |
2 |
3 |
2 |
Older |
3 |
Apartment |
Canaries/Finches |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Yes |
1 |
Apartment |
Cockatiels |
2 |
1 |
2 |
Yes |
2 |
Apartment |
Cockatoos |
5 (Major Mitchell Cockatoo is 3) |
5 |
3-4 |
possibly older |
5 |
House |
Conures (Pyrrhura and other groups((Main is Aratinga))) |
2-5 |
2-5 |
2 |
Yes or Older |
2-4 |
Apartment-house |
Doves |
1 |
1 |
2 |
No |
2-3 |
Apartment |
Great Bill Parrots |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Older |
5 |
House |
Kakarikis |
1 |
4 |
3 |
Older |
4 |
House |
Lineolated Keets |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Yes |
3 |
Apartment |
Lovebirds |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Older |
1 |
Apartment |
Lorikeets |
2 |
5 |
2 |
Older |
2-3 |
Apartment |
Macaws (all) |
5 |
5 |
3 |
possibly older |
5 |
House |
Other Parakeets |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Older |
2-5 |
House |
Parrotlets |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Older |
1 |
Apartment |
Pionus |
2 |
3 |
2 |
Older |
3 |
Apartment |
Poicephalus |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Yes |
2-3 |
Apartment |
Regent Parrots |
1 |
1 |
4 |
Yes |
4 |
Apartment |
Toucans and Toucaneets |
1 |
5 |
1 |
Yes |
4-5 |
Apartment |