Parrots serve as ambassadors for their threatened conspecifics in the wild and thus help underline importance of species conservation. Many parrot species are unsuitable as pets.

So you want to keep a smart bird? Well, birds are certainly incredibly intelligent creatures and keeping a smart bird as a ...

Whoever adopts Hendrix will need experience having large birds as pets — not just someone who wants a funny foul-mouthed mimic. Parrots are intelligent creatures that have high social needs.

Your bird should be carefully watched for any signs of sickness, like excessive feather plucking, so that you can get them to the avian veterinarian as soon as possible. Pet birds also need ...

That goes for any of the more than 300 types of parrot, which includes parakeets, cockatoos, macaws and others. "Birds are not ideal for a first-time pet owner," she said.

That goes for any of the more than 300 types of parrot, which includes parakeets, cockatoos, macaws and others. "Birds are not ideal for a first-time pet owner," she said.

African greys are highly intelligent and are recognized as one of the best talkers of all parrot specie s, according to VCA ...

If you plan on keeping a Blood Parrot Cichlid as a pet, you shouldn't have to worry about it getting along with other varieties of fish. They are fairly easy-going with each other and other species.

On Long Island, bird foster operator Linda McGay takes in parrots from emergency situations, often after their owner passes away without making a plan. “We handle the deaths," McGay said. McGay ...

Humans have traded and moved these birds around for millennia. Alexander the Great kept parrots he brought back from India in the fourth century B.C.E. The Romans, too, kept exotic parrots as pets.