Identification Help

[laurenr]

Hi
I hope you can help, i dont know if i am in the right place.

I found a bird and am trying to identify it for the found advert, as i am not having much luck with teh description.

It looks like a small parrot, about 15 cm long from head to tail end.

It is green in colour with a blue top of its head and red over its eyes and top of beak like a mask.

I can email you a picture if it helps

I dont know if this helps but it likes to eat apples

I am pretty sure it is a pet as it cant fly and looks to have had its wings clipped and seems pretty tame.

I would also liek any tips on how to look after it, at teh moment i am caring for ot like i used to care for my budgie.

Thanks for reading

[budgiedcockatiels]

wow green blue and red, that must look pretty cool, but sorry i cant offer any help, good luck

[AussieBirds]

laurenr said:

Hi
I hope you can help, i dont know if i am in the right place.

I found a bird and am trying to identify it for the found advert, as i am not having much luck with teh description.

It looks like a small parrot, about 15 cm long from head to tail end.

It is green in colour with a blue top of its head and red over its eyes and top of beak like a mask.

I can email you a picture if it helps

I dont know if this helps but it likes to eat apples

I am pretty sure it is a pet as it cant fly and looks to have had its wings clipped and seems pretty tame.

I would also liek any tips on how to look after it, at teh moment i am caring for ot like i used to care for my budgie.

Thanks for reading

Sounds like a Lorikeet but if you want to emial me the pictures at [e-mail] Ill see if i can help you out.

John

[AussieBirds]

The picture you sent me was a bit dark but I am pretty confidant in saying your found bird is a Kakariki. Kaks are pretty much the same to look after as budgies with the exception being they don't mind a bit of meat ;D give them a chicken bone, cooked, with a bit of meat on it and they will clean it up, other than that they eat a seed mix if budgie seed with a small amount of sunflower seed added, fruit and vegitables.

They are native to NZ and make great pets, I have heard reports of people with Kaks that talk, although I have never heard one.

John

[silvercloud]

Oh cool, kaks are great little birds

[Phill]

wow lucky a kak