How many parrots live?

Having found a feathered pet, the owner is responsible for his life and health. Few people know when parrots have old age and how long they can live. About the ranking of long-lived parrots, about the rules of care, prolonging the life of a feathered pet, we will tell in this article.

The parrot family is large and diverse, it brings together more than three hundred species of birds. Among them are large representatives, such as macaws, reaching up to 100 cm in length, and small parrots no longer than 10 cm. People who lived more than two thousand years ago, already then tamed parrots because of their high intellectual and speech abilities.

The answer, how long the parrots live, is generally impossible to give - it is better to consider this question from the perspective of each species. Unfortunately, the legends that parrots can live a hundred years or more are erroneous. Such long-lived parrots are extremely rare, scientists consider this hypothesis a myth, but the life of some individuals from large breeds can be up to 75–85 years old.

The list of parrots, popular for breeding at home, has about twenty different species. Most often kept in the houses of wavy parrot, Jaco, Corella, Rosella; less often aru, cockatoo, lovebirds. Consider what may be the life expectancy of popular species.

This is the most frequently produced species of birds in our country and around the world. Care of them is simple, and the wavy feathery pet will become a favorite and will demonstrate its natural communication skills. Each owner is interested in how much a wavy parrot can live. The usual periods of life for this breed at home with proper care are 11–15 years, but long-lived individuals are known to delight their owners and up to 20 years.

Wavy parrots, like most parrots, came to us from Australia, this is their homeland. These birds, living in natural conditions and creating huge flocks in nature, usually live less than domesticated relatives - only 8–10 years old.

Parrots, smaller than a budgerigar, often found in urban apartments. Of the six types of lovebirds, the rosy cheek is the most popular. The romantic name “lovebirds” was assigned to these parrots because of the ability to create strong couples for life.

Tamed human lovebirds live 15 years or more.

This bright parrot from the genus Kakadu with a blush on the cheeks, tuft and with a high level of intelligence can live for 18–20 years, maximum 25–30 years. Let the owners of the Corella (the second name of their nymph) not be embarrassed that this bird is hard to teach human speech, especially its individual words. This feathered pet has a cheerful disposition, firmly attached to the owner, undemanding in care.

The bright appearance of the cockatiel is very original: recently birds with silver, gently beige, lemon and even pearl color have been bred, and the male Corell can always be recognized by the black-and-gray striped lower tail feathers.

This type of parrot is gaining popularity recently.Roselles are characterized by a bright contrasting color, the combination of colors in the plumage of this parrot can be anything. Often there are blue-red, red-yellow, yellow-blue colors, plumage on the back of the rosella resembles scales. They are slightly larger than a wavy parrot, have a wayward character, high imitative abilities, and have a strong beak that can gnaw through wires.

Roselle belongs to flat-tailed parrots, like wavy, and Corell because of the specific shape of the long tail. Despite the long habituation to a person and the process of adaptation to a new home, rosella is smart, careless in care, undemanding in the diet, but does not tolerate cool - below +20 C - air. In captivity, a person rosella can live for quite a long time - 16–18 years, often there are long-livers, whose lifetime reaches 20 years.

Parrot with an outstanding character and a crested head with a powerful beak-nippers. The most famous are the white cockatoo, but there are several species of the pink cockatoo (Inca cockatoo, Moluccan cockatoo), yellow-crested and gray Cockatoo (Gala).

These large representatives of parrot are considered long-livers among relatives: their lifetime can last up to half a century. Average rates are 35–40 years, and the maximum indicators of cockatoo life were recorded at the age of 80 years. This age can reach a cockatoo with good care in captivity. In nature, where the cockatoo lurks a multitude of enemies, dangers and diseases, his age barely reaches 30 years of age.

One more large and long-lived species of parrots that has a monovid is the gray jaco. To characterize the abilities of the parrot Jaco, you need to add to the intelligence of the dog supercommunity and ingenuity.

You definitely won't get bored with such a pet, but appropriate care is needed for the birds. Then the Jaco parrot can please more than one generation of owners, having lived 50–70 and sometimes up to 90 years.

It has the largest size and is a long-liver among parrots. This bright parrot with plumage of saturated colors has several subspecies, which differ in the color of feathering and the size of the bird. Ars have no differences in feathering by gender, their females have a striking plumage, like males. Perhaps this is due to the riot of the tropical colors of their homeland - South and Latin America.

The macaw parrot's high intelligence allows it to analyze and remember a lot, the bird demonstrates excellent imitative abilities, likes to contact a person, macaw can even ask the owner to eat or drink if he wants.

Tamed by a man ara lives within 50–60 years.

A bird originally from India, the size of a little larger than the Corella (42–43 cm with a tail), is distinguished by unpretentiousness and ingenuity. The feather coloring is diverse due to the work of breeders, but all parrots of this species have a clearly defined “necklace” on the neck of a contrasting, usually black color.

By imitating a person, this bird can memorize up to two hundred words in its life, The average time is within 20-25 years. Occasionally, loving and attentive owners of kindergarten parrots live up to 40 years.

The parrot is medium in size, has a light, cheerful, nimble temper. This is the perfect pet for friendship with the family, trained to imitate human speech. All its species have mainly green plumage and differ among themselves by the location and colors of the spots on the body of the Amazons. Sometimes the Amazons surprise their owners with their cheeky actions - this is normal in their nature. Amazon can live near a person from 15–20 to 50 years old, also known are the Amazons who have reached 70 years of age.

Named so because of the beautiful yellow plumage, which, depending on the species, can be combined with the plumage of a different color. It has a positive, affectionate character, is not too demanding to care, because of what is in demand for home maintenance. In addition, aratingi are easily amenable to speech training and training, and the bird shows its displeasure with a sharp cry. The lifespan of a solar parrot in captivity ranges from 15 to 30 years.

Among the many species of parrots, long-livers are rightly considered to be the cockatoo, and the second place is macaw and jaco. However, among each type there are record holders, whose number of years of life is documented. These are parrots that have lived in captivity and received the love and care of their owners. Figures of the maximum age up to which parrots of different breeds can live are represented in our ranking of long-livers. The birds here are arranged in descending order in the number of years lived:

1. Molluk cockatoo, whose death was more or less reliably recorded at the age of 92 and a half;
2. yellow-crested large cockatoo, whose death occurred, according to some data, at the age of 73 years, and according to others - at the age of 57;
3. Inca Kakadu, who lived for 77 years;
4. Green-winged Macaw lived, according to unconfirmed data, for 63 years;
5. yellow-crested Cockatoo, not reaching half a century ago for three months;
6. almost the same - 49 years and 7 months - lived a gray Jaco, it was recorded by a scientific journal and one of the ornithologists;
7. Amazon Amazon has lived in captivity for 49 years;
8. the life of one of the blue-and-yellow macaws lasted for 46 years;
9. one of the red-browed Amazons died at the age of 45;
10. a scientific publication recorded the life of one of the Corellas to 35 years old;
11. Indian parrot lived a record 34 years for its species;
12. lovebird Fisher, according to some data, lived to be 18 years old, according to others - 32 years;
13. the wavy parrot broke all records among its species, having reached the age of 21, which was confirmed by the veterinarian of the Moscow zoo;
14. lovebird red-cheeked died at the age of 18 years.

The life conditions of feathered pets are greatly influenced by environmental conditions and circumstances. Especially important are the quality of food and drinking water, cramped or normal conditions in the cell, the manifestation of the attention and care of other people, timely prevention of diseases.

But often accidents terminate the life of a pet forever. These include:

• flying a parrot into an open window;
• the bird gnawing through wires and cables that are under voltage;
• strikes on mirrors, unprotected glass, glass - you need to curtain the windows with tulle or curtain;
• hit in open pans, containers with liquid;
• contact with cats, dogs, hazardous chemicals or houseplants.

Having taken the courage and responsibility when starting a parrot, a person is obliged to organize the proper care of his pet. The content should be approached competently and study the special literature on feeding a particular parrot, its habits and preferences. The rules for caring for these birds are reduced to the following general factors.

In food for parrots, as well as in nutrition for humans, it is important to observe the balance of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins. The owner needs to feed the parrot with grain mixtures, vegetables and fruits, products, containing animal and vegetable proteins, considering the species of feathery.

The water should be in the drinking bowl of the bird fresh and clean.

It is very important for a parrot to pick up a cage of the correct size: the larger it is, the larger its dimensions should be. In crowded he will not live long. In addition, it is important to clean and tidy the cage regularly. Do not install an aviary for poultry in the kitchen or near household appliances - it will adversely affect her health. The parrot will be glad to special toys, hung in a cage for him, and will not be bored in the absence of the owners.

It is important to observe a certain ambient temperature, humidity and purity. Draft, direct sun, tobacco smoke or cold air adversely affect the health of birds. You need to get enough sleep and rest for 10–11 hours, this will help him clear mode, adjustable cape on the cell. It is necessary to exclude TV in the room with the bird, loud sounds.

Every day the parrot needs to be given the opportunity to fly and walk around the house, talk with the owners. It has been established reliably that parrots do not live long in uncommunicative owners. Walking, flying, games improve mood and have a good effect on the physical form of the feathered.

Parrots love to take baths, swimming right under the tap or in a makeshift pool in their cage. Do not refuse your pet this pleasure, as the bird realizes its needs. After water procedures, you need to make sure that there are no open vents, the fan is on, the air conditioner.

The attentive owner will always notice the depressed mood of his parrot, if he hides or avoids food. This is a reason to contact a veterinary specialist and in time to exclude the appearance of disease. For the prevention of the health of feathered pet should be shown to the veterinarian 1-2 times a year, and then, perhaps, he will be able to join the ranks of record holders of long-livers.

You can learn more about longevity, species characteristics, and the content of Corell parrots in the next video.