Conures: Little Parakeets With Large Personalities

Conures come in a variety of breeds, sizes and
colours. Their big characters make excellent
companion birds and are thus popular as pets.

Lets take a look at some of the more popular
conures that are kept as pets.

Sun Conure

The sun conure must be one of the most beautiful
birds on the planet. With its bold predominantly
yellow body, accentuated with bright orange
highlights on the head and underbelly, green
splashes of colour over the back and wings, and
deep blue highlights on the tips of the wings
and tail, this a truly stunning bird to behold.
It is one of the average sized conures, but what
it lacks in size it makes up for in personality
and voice. However they tend to be rather
screechy, sun conures are extremely alert birds,
and this characteristic makes them very vigilant
"watch dogs" as they will alert you to anyone
approaching your property. They are hugely
affectionate and playful, and love to snuggle
into their owners neck. They can also be very
demanding as they constantly want attention. The
sun conure needs a lot of love and companionship,
and as it is quite a loud bird, it is not
recommended for those that have neighbours
living nearby.

Jenday Conure

The Jenday Conure is often confused with Sun
Conure as they are very similar in both size,
colour, and character. However, the colouration
of the Jenday Conure, is set out in distinct
patches of colour as apposed to splashes of
colour covering the entire body. It has a bright
yellow head, with bright green on top of the body
and wings, while the underside is a deep orange
to red, with green and blue feathers on their
tail.

Maroon Bellied Conure

The Maroon Bellied Conure is a small conure,
with a dark green body, and a yellow-green
striped chest. Not surprisingly, its stomach is
maroon, while the wing feathers are blue-green
in colour, and the tail is green on the upper
side and maroon on the underside. It has a patch
of light brown on both sides of the head. These
little conures are very friendly, and like most
conures they are highly intelligent,
affectionate, love to play, and will continually
seek attention and interaction with other birds
and/or their owners. Their social nature makes
them appropriate for communal aviaries. The
maroon bellied conure is one of the calmer
conures, which usually are notoriously noisy
birds. Their less vocal nature makes them the
ideal friend for apartment dwellers as they tend
to natter and chatter away rather than screech
for attention.

Green Cheeked Conure

The Green Cheeked conure is often confused with
the Maroon Bellied Conure as they are very
similar in colour and nature. However, while the
Green Cheeks also have a mainly green body, they
have grey breasts, maroon tails and blue primary
flight feathers. The top of the head is a dark
grey colour, and as their name suggests, they
have green cheeks.

Peach Fronted Conure

The Peach Fronted Conure has a predominantly
bright green body, with a grey-green chest, with
the underside being a light shade of green. The
top of the head is bright orange, with blue
extending down the sides of the crown around the
eyes. The rest of the head, body and tail is
green, with blue tips on the tail and black tips
on the wings, and a black beak that separates it
from the Orange Fronted and Half Moon conures.
The Peach Fronted Conure is a very sweet natured
bird. Like all conures, it loves to cuddle and
play. They also tend to be reasonably quiet as
conures go, so will make a perfect companion for
apartment dwellers or those not partial to the
diva nature of some of the other conure species.

Patagonian Conure

The Patagonian Conure is the largest of the
conures species, and can reach up to 20 inches
in size. The body colouration is mainly olive
green-brown, with a grey chest, a patch of
bright orange-red on the belly, and red "socks"
on the legs. It has white around the neck, and
blue edged wing feathers. Patagonian conures
tend to be extremely vocal, and while their
noise may not be enjoyed by everyone, the upside
is that they make great talkers. They have the
playful, affectionate character of the smaller
conures, combined with the large size and
ability to mimic and talk, which makes them
popular pets.

If you are looking for a wonderful devoted
companion bird, the conures come highly
recommended. Their smaller size make them easier
to keep than others, and while some species tend
to be noisy, they have great personalities that
tend to overshadow this small irritation. As
they are highly intelligent and playful by
nature, they need to be provided with plenty of
toys for stimulation, and a cage ample enough to
accommodate them and of course all their
"parrotphernalia".

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Alex Kelly

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