Sun Conure
Brilliant yellow and orange, affectionate, playful — and loud far out of proportion to a bird that weighs barely a hundred grams.
Brilliant yellow and orange, affectionate, playful — and loud far out of proportion to a bird that weighs barely a hundred grams.
Recognised as a full species since 2012 — darker, smaller, and often the steadier of the two African Greys.
The species that made parrot cognition a research field — brilliant, sensitive, and demanding in ways that have little to do with noise.
Affectionate to a degree that becomes the problem — the species most likely to be rehomed, and the one most often misunderstood at purchase.