Home > All About Parrots > Parrot Encyclopedia > Parrot Profile

|

Care in Captivity

Pet Suitability:
Gentle disposition; quiet, affectionate, unobtrustive.

Captive Status:
Rare

Longevity:
20-25 yrs

Housing:
Walk-in aviariy, minimum length 2.1m (7 ft), or indoor cage minimum length 1.8m (6 ft).

Enrichment:
Bathing; foot toys, destructible (non-toxic) toys such as wooden block, vegetable tanned leather and heat sterilized pine cones; non-destructible (non-toxic plastic) toys, food-finder toys, preening toys, different texture and size hanging perch toys, fir, pine, elder or willow branches, push-and-pull toys (sliding up and down), vegetable tanned leather toys.

Nest Box Size:
Vertical box, 12" x 12" x 24" (30.5cm x 30.5cm x 61cm).

Clutch Size:
2 to 4

Incubation Time:
28-30 days

Fledging Age:
10-11 weeks

Hatch Weight:
9.5-12g (0.3-0.4 oz)

Peak Weight:
Not available

Weaning Weight:
Not available

Link to Specialist Club:
http://www.wingscc.com/aps/

Captive Projects:
http://www.ukzn.ac.za/Biology/CPDNABank678.aspx

More Info Sites:
http://www.capeparrot.org/

http://bigfive.jl.co.za/cape%20parrot.htm

http://conservation.mongabay.com/news/Cape_Parrot.htm

http://www.silvio-co.com/cps/articles/1994/1994taylor3.htm

http://www.birdlife.org.za/news/news_front.cfm?ipkNewsID=937

http://www.oldworldaviaries.com/text/lewis/poicephalus-taxonomy.htm