Getting Started with Your Pet Bird

Learn about adoption and breeds, what supplies you will need before you bring your bird home, what living with birds is like and more.
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Green domestic budgie sitting with his toy friend.
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Hand petting a large bird
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Eclectus Parrot, Eclectus roratus polychloros, green and red parrot sitting on the branch, clear brown background, bird in the nature habitat on Western Papuan Islands, New Guinea in Asia.
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White and blue parakeet perched on a branch
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Pet bird enjoying free time in a room
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Vietnam, Haiphong, birds in cage on sale
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Budgerigar and cat face to face through birdcage
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Parakeets preening
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Budgerigar on the birdcage. Budgie
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Low Angle View Of Budgerigar In Cage
How to Care for Pet Birds in Cold Weather
Illustration of the quietest pet bird species.
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White cockatoo bird sitting on owner's arm
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cockatiel on a girl's shoulder
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African gray parrot (Psitticus sp.)
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Budgerigar
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A Scarlet-chested Parrot eating grass seeds in Melbourne, Victoria, AU. Melbourne is outside the normal range of this bird, so its suspected that this is an escaped aviary bird.
Do Scarlet-Chested Parakeets Make Good Pets?
Rainbow lorikeets on a platform
Do Rainbow Lorikeets Make Good Pets?
Bird bydgie sits on cage and eats from human hand fresh green gr
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Parrot eating food in hand.
Can You Keep a Wild Bird as a Pet?
Rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus moluccanus) perching on branch, Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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Blue Budgerigar
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Blue headed parrot. Pionus menstruus. South and Ce
Having the Blue Headed Pionus Parrot as a Pet
A pet bronze-winged parrot (also known as a bronze-winged Pionus).
Learn More About the Bronze-Winged Pionus
Finch on swing perch
8 Best Pet Birds for Busy People
Closeup female Red-breasted Parakeet
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Australian Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
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Pionus maximiliani
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White-crowned Parrot or Plum-crowned Pionus (Pionus senilis) at Macaw Mountain Bird Park and Nature Reserve, Copan, Honduras.
Get to Know the White-Capped Pionus Parrot
Portrait Of Talking Parrot With Orange Beak Birds In Plastic Box In Background
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Alexandrine parakeet
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Cockatiel Perching On Cage
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Small bird being fed by human
14 Signs to Look for When Buying a Baby Bird
Young woman holding pet bird indoors
Buying Your First Pet Bird Requires Consideration Ahead of Time
Feeding green parrots in a park
How to Introduce a New Bird to Your Parrot
Blue budgie
Which Breed of Parrot Are Considered the Most Intelligent?
Recreational older men holding a cage in the yard
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Illiger's Macaws
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Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis)
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Parrots kissing
11 Things Only Bird Owners Understand
Canary escaping cage, flying toward open window
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Cockatoo at birdfeeder in tree, side view
Do Cockatoos Make Good Pets?
Cropped Image Of Woman Stroking African Grey Parrot
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Funny budgerigar. Cute green budgie parrot sits on a finger and looking at the camera.
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Girl with parrot
What to Know About Parrots With Your Kids
Military Macaw Cracking Nut
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Boy with colorful parrot
Take That Vacation, Your Parrots and Birds Will Get a Fun Vacation Too
The fresh air of your home
What Plants Are Safe for Pet Birds?
Tabby cat sitting on a desk staring at a blue parakeet
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Owl perched on stool
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Woman with parrot on shoulder
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Parakeet Budgie Budgerigar
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Young happy veterinarian with a parrot on her shoulder.
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