Blue Quaker Parrot

The Quaker Parrot is more formally known as the parakeet monk (Monachus Myiopsitta) and is native to temperate regions of Brazil and Argentina. They average 29 cm in length with a wingspan of forty-eight centimeters and an average weight of one hundred grams, with women generally 10% -20% smaller than it male counterparts.

Quaker Parrots are usually light green with a gray-breasted white. Its flight feathers are dark blue, shiny and are very contrasted by its green above. They have an orange beak curve that is very common among parrots.

Quaker parrots are very intelligent birds. Like most parrots, Quaker parrots are able to "imitate human speech and, when kept as pets, they will often times develop a vast vocabulary.

The Quaker Parrot has been introduced in the United States to South America in the late 1960s to be sold as pets, many of them escaped into the wild or have been voluntarily released by pet owners bored . In the year 1995, it colonized 15 countries and has a population of 100,000 birds think Florida. Some discussion, mainly in the United States, that wild Quaker parrots and harmful to crops and resident species, however, this is an ongoing debate with few conclusive answers. If damage does occur, it would probably be light.

Because there is very little intelligence and stature Quaker parrots make great pets small cage. They are also very popular as pets as more than likely that your local store for pets will be others for a reasonable price.

Some interesting facts about parrots Quaker

Quaker parrots are very social, sometimes with a great nest-building colonies. These nests can reach the size of a small car and are almost entirely composed of sticks.

Quaker parrot colonies have been found as far north as New York, Chicago and Rhode Island, but they are usually isolated enclaves in urban areas.

The Quaker Parrot lifespan is 15-30 years, respectively, some say 15-25 years while others say 20-30 years is a miracle if average life will never be named.

Due to the spread of wild populations of parrots Quaker by spreading the demand for them as pets, they can now be found wild in Europe, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, the Canary Islands and Japan.

Quaker Parrot The parrot is the only built its nest on trees or poles on the structures of man instead of a hole in a tree.