Parrot and other hookbill pictures

Jordan Spiva, August 2, 2007
On your Parrot Profiles page I think you made a mistake. There is a boy in an orange shirt and on his arm is a conure. You said it was a half moon conure but it looks to me like a maroon bellied conure or a green cheeked conure.

Macsen Wledig, August 2, 2006
Hi there! I was just enjoying all the great info and pictures on your site, but I thought you should know that the parrotlets were misidentified on the Parrot Pictures (http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Bird,%20Parrots.htm) page. They're both normal Pacifics, not blues. The blues are sky-blue and cobalt all over with no green feathers at all. Also, please let your customers know that a Parrotlet (or any parrot) should never be clipped like the little guy in the second photo! That kind of lopsided, overzealous clipping is just asking for a crash-landing next time the bird gets spooked. The best way to trim a Parrotlet is to clip off the first 6-8 primary feathers, then test and see how well the bird flies above a soft surface. The ideal is a 45 degree trajectory. The little guy shouldn't be able to get lift, but should be able to cushion a fall if need be.

A: Thanks for the input. I'll add it below the picture. We sometimes get pre-clipped birds that look like they're crippled. It looks unattractive and it's not good for the bird. LA

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Green cheek conure three weeks later (fallow variant) often called cinnamon

Joe Carrieri, March 23, 2006
In your parrot Pix there is a picture of a boy with a Meyers conure on his head. That's really a Senegal Parrot.

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You said it was a half moon conure but it looks to me like a maroon bellied conure or a green cheeked conure. A: Okay, as long as you're positive. LA LA Pic Orange-Wing Amazon LA Pic Blue Indian Ring-Neck. LA Pic Nanday Conure LA Pic Much younger Nanday Conure LA Pic LA Pic Maroon-bellied conure LA Pic Red Lored Amazon LA Pic LA Pic Pacific blue parrotlet LA Pic Red rump cinnamon conures LA Pic Pacific blue male parrotlet with one trimmed wing Macsen Wledig, August 2, 2006 Hi there! I was just enjoying all the great info and pictures on your site, but I thought you should know that the parrotlets were misidentified on the Parrot Pictures (http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Bird,%20Parrots.htm) page. They're both normal Pacifics, not blues. The blues are sky-blue and cobalt all over with no green feathers at all. Also, please let your customers know that a Parrotlet (or any parrot) should never be clipped like the little guy in the second photo! That kind of lopsided, overzealous clipping is just asking for a crash-landing next time the bird gets spooked. The best way to trim a Parrotlet is to clip off the first 6-8 primary feathers, then test and see how well the bird flies above a soft surface. The ideal is a 45 degree trajectory. The little guy shouldn't be able to get lift, but should be able to cushion a fall if need be. A: Thanks for the input. I'll add it below the picture. We sometimes get pre-clipped birds that look like they're crippled. It looks unattractive and it's not good for the bird. LA LA Pic Baby hand-fed greys, best of all the talkers. LA Pic Same guy eight days later. Squawking. Not talking. LA Pic Same guy another two weeks later. LA Pic Timneh African grey -- smaller and cheaper. LA Pic Baby eclectus, one of the less common parrots LA Pic Very nice blue and gold macaw in harness. One of the bigger birds. 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