Bird care guides
Diet, housing, health, breeding and the law for the most popular pet birds, group by group.
Macaws
How to care for a macaw: diet, cage and aviary size, health, breeding, noise and CITES legal requirements. A practical guide for current and future owners.
Read the guide →Cockatoos and cockatiels
How to care for a cockatoo or cockatiel: diet, cage size, feather dust, health, behavior, breeding and CITES legal status. A practical guide for bird owners.
Read the guide →Lovebirds
How to care for lovebirds: diet, cage size, whether they need a mate, health, breeding, color mutations and legal status. A practical guide for owners.
Read the guide →Lories and lorikeets
How to care for lories and rainbow lorikeets: nectar and pollen diet, hygiene, cage setup, health, behavior and CITES legal status for lorikeet owners.
Read the guide →Amazons, African greys and other parrots
How to care for Amazon parrots, African greys, eclectus and pionus: diet, cage setup, health, behavior and CITES requirements for medium and large parrots.
Read the guide →Budgies, conures and parakeets
How to care for budgies, conures, parrotlets, ringnecks and other parakeets: diet, cage setup, health, behavior, breeding and legal status for owners.
Read the guide →Canaries and finches
How to care for canaries, zebra finches, Gouldian finches and other finches: diet, flight cage setup, health, song and breeding. A guide for bird keepers.
Read the guide →Toucans and aracaris
How to care for toucans and aracaris: low-iron diet, iron storage disease (hemochromatosis), aviary setup, health, behavior and CITES legal status.
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This guide is for information only and does not replace advice from an avian vet. Before getting a bird, check the law in your country and ask for CITES paperwork. This site does not sell or broker live animals.