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Care in Captivity

Pet Suitability:
Highly intelligent, a bit shy, avid wood chewers, may mimic human speech. May be loud.

Captive Status:
Uncommon; limited breeding.

Longevity:
15-20 yrs

Housing:
Walk-in aviary, minimum length 4.5m (14.7 ft), built without wood.

Enrichment:
Provide lots of bird safe chew items (branches, sterilized pine cones, fir, pine, vegetable tanned leather toys). Provide shallow bathing dish.

Nest Box Size:
Nest and roosting log with 10" (25.4cm) internal diameter and 24" (61cm) height.

Clutch Size:
2 to 4

Incubation Time:
23 days

Fledging Age:
7-8 weeks

Hatch Weight:
Not available

Peak Weight:
Not available

Weaning Weight:
Not available

More Info Sites:
http://www.centralpets.com/animals/birds/parrots/prt1177.html

http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/aves/psittaciformes/derbyan-parakeet.htm

http://www.avianweb.com/derbyanparakeets.html

http://home.wanadoo.nl/psittaculaworld/Species/P-derbyana.htm