{"id":11447,"date":"2018-12-20T15:29:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T21:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windycityparrot.com\/blog\/?p=11447"},"modified":"2018-12-20T15:29:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T21:29:52","slug":"windy-city-parrot-defines-small-and-medium-size-species-of-pet-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?p=11447","title":{"rendered":"Windy City Parrot Defines Small And Medium Size Species Of Pet Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Small species pet birds<\/span><\/p>\n

Birds we classify as “Smaller” species<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

FYI\u00a0 There’s something like 100 species of Conures<\/a>. Conures need to be subdivided into small, medium & large (which is on our to-do list)<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nGreen cheek conures weigh 64 grams (cockatiels are about 100 grams – Patagonian conures weight about 280 grams, about the size of a Timneh African grey.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Don’t think for a minute conures can be classified into one size category<\/span><\/p>\n

Large Canaries <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Gibber Canary<\/span><\/p>\n

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Large Parakeets<\/strong> <\/span>
\n Bourkes Parakeet –\u00a0Canary-winged Parakeet –\u00a0Crimson Rosella Parakeet –\u00a0Derbyan Parakeet –\u00a0Golden-manteled Parakeet –\u00a0Grass Parakeet\u00a0 –\u00a0Grey-cheeked Parakeet –\u00a0Lineolated Parakeet –\u00a0Moustached Parakeet –\u00a0Plum-headed Parakeet –\u00a0Red-rumped Parakeet <\/span>
\n African Ringneck –\u00a0Red-crowned Parakeet –\u00a0English Budgies<\/span><\/p>\n

Note: American Parakeets\/Budgies may be too small for this category and instead check out the Smallest pet bird<\/a> category for items and cages for them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cockatiels<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Conures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Green Cheek Conure –\u00a0Maroon Bellied Conure and many of these\u00a0Conures<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Parrots<\/span><\/p>\n

Senegals – Meyers – Red-Bellied<\/span><\/p>\n

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This list is not complete due to the numerous varieties of birds and hybrids.<\/span><\/p>\n

Medium\u00a0species pet birds<\/span><\/p>\n

Caiques<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Black-headed Caique –\u00a0White-bellied Caique<\/span><\/p>\n

Conures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Queen of Bavaria’s Conure –\u00a0Sun Conure –\u00a0Nanday Conure –\u00a0Patagonian Conure –\u00a0Mitered Conure<\/span>
\n More conures<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Lorys<\/strong><\/span>
\n (Click for specialized Lory food)<\/span>
\n Blue-streaked Lory –\u00a0Chattering Lory –\u00a0Dusky Lory –\u00a0Rainbow Lory –\u00a0Black Lory – Blue Lory – Blue eared Lory – Blue crowned Lorikeet – Blue fronted Lorikeet – Black winged Lory – Blue Streaked Lory – Brown Lory – Cardinal Lory – Chattering Lory – Coconut Lorikeet – Citrine Lorikeet – Collared Lory – Dusky Lory – Dutchess Lorikeet – Duyvenbode’s Lory – Edward’s Lorikeet – Fairy Lorikeet – Green Naped Lorikeet – Goldies Lorikeets – Iris Lorikeet – Josepines Lorikeet – Kuhl’s Lorikeet – Leaf Lory – Little Lorikeet – Marogold Lorikeet – Massena’s Lorikeet – Meek’s Lorikeet – Meyer’s Lorikeet – Mindanao Lorikeet – Mitchell\u2019s Lorikeet – Musk Lorikeet – New Caledonian Lorikeet – Olive headed Lorikeet – Orange billed Lorikeet – Ornate Lorikeet – Palm Lorikeet – Papuan Lorikeet – Perfect Lorikeet – Pohnpie Lorikeet – Plum face Lorikeet – Purple crowned Lorikeet – Purple bellied Lorikeet – Pygmy Lorikeet – Rainbow Lorikeet – Red and Blue Lory – Red chinned Lory – Red Collard Lorikeet – Red Fronted Lory – Red Flanked Lory – Red Lory – Red throated Lorikeet – Roger Black Lory – Rosenberg\u2019s Lorikeet – Scaly-breasted Lorikeet – Stella Lorikeet – Striated Lory – Varied Lorikeet – Violet-necked Lory – Weber\u2019s Lorikeet – White Naped Lorikeet – Yellow billed Lorikeets – Yellow-Streaked Lory<\/span><\/p>\n

Macaws (Mini)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hahn’s Macaw –\u00a0Lear’s Macaw –\u00a0Military Macaw –\u00a0Noble Macaw –\u00a0Red-Fronted Macaw –\u00a0Severe Macaw –\u00a0Yellow-collared Macaw<\/span><\/p>\n

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Parrots<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cape Parrot\u00a0–\u00a0Ruppells Parrot –\u00a0Jardine Parrot –\u00a0Niam Niam Parrot –\u00a0Princess of Whales Parrot -Tanygnathus (Great Bill Parrot) –\u00a0African Grey Timneh Parrot<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Pionus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Blue-headed Pionus –\u00a0Bronze-winged Pionus –\u00a0Dusky Pionus<\/span>
\n White-capped Pionus<\/span><\/p>\n

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Large Parakeets<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Quaker or Monk Parakeet –\u00a0Alexandrine Parakeet –\u00a0Barraband’s Parakeet –\u00a0Derbyan Parakeet –\u00a0Golden-manteled Parakeet –\u00a0Moustache Parakeet<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Small species pet birds Birds we classify as “Smaller” species\u00a0 FYI\u00a0 There’s something like 100 species of Conures. Conures need to be subdivided into small, medium & large (which is on our to-do list) Green cheek conures weigh 64 grams (cockatiels are about 100 grams – Patagonian conures weight about 280 grams, about the size […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,213,195,196,188,197,198,199,204,224,211,220,235,251,228,218,236,209,1,203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bird-parrot-anaotmy","category-bird-parrot-breeding","category-bird-parrot-care","category-bird-behavior","category-bird-cage-info","category-bird-enviornments","category-bird-lighting","category-bird-nutrition","category-bird-rescue","category-clean","category-events","category-exercising-birds","category-lost-birds","category-original-content","category-parakeets","category-pellet-conversion-tips","category-pluckingscreaming","category-training-birds","category-uncategorized","category-veterinarian-related"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hawk-headed-parrot-1.jpg?resize=800%2C445&ssl=1",800,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hawk-headed-parrot-1.jpg?resize=463%2C348&ssl=1",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hawk-headed-parrot-1.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1",300,300,true],"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hawk-headed-parrot-1.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1",800,800,false]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hawk-headed-parrot-1.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phcfkq-2YD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/142295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}