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The Blue Headed Pionus

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The blueheaded pionus is probably the most commonly seen pionus.  In many bird books if you are to see a pionus it is the blue headed pionus.  Blue headed pionus are known due to their brighter colors. 

The youg blue headed pionus is mainly green with a very small amount of blue.  When they are around one year old the blue area will be larger than what it was when they were younger. 
 
The full grown adult blue headed pionus is about 11 inches from head to tail with a wingspan of 18 cm.  Their average whieght is about 182-252 grams.
 
They have a gentle and sweet temperment. 
 
 

The price of a blue headed pionus is between $500- $ 1000.
 

The Blue Headed Pionus Survey
 
What species is you pionus parrot? Blue-head

Would you reccomend a pionus parrot as a pet? Most definatelyl!

What do you feed your pionus parrot? Sarah eats all veggies (hot peppers are her favorite), fruit (oranges are her fave fruit), Zupreem pellets, avi-cakes, almonds and Beak Appetite.

How old is your pionus parrot? 10 months

Does your pionus talk? No, she just bleets.

If so approximately how many words/phrases does it say?

Does your pionus mimic things? Not yet

If so how many things does it mimic?

Is your pionus male or female or unknown? Unknown

Is it louder than you thought it would be? No, she's quieter than she is.

Is your pionus what you expected/better/worse? She is much better. When I got her, she was very scared and bit a lot. After a month of a lot of work, she came around. Now she's a love.

Does your pionus bite for no reason? No

Does your pionus enjoy baths? Sometimesit really depends upon her mood.

Does your pionus enjoy it's head being rubbed? Oh yes!

Does your pionus play with it's toys? Yes, but not a lot

If so what toys does it play with? She loves the Bird KaBobs and some of her foot toys.

Does your pionus get along with other birds? She is with many other birds, but she just seems to put up with them.

Is your pionus loud? Not in the least


Rate your pionus on a scale of one to ten.
One being the lowest ten being the highest.

Cuddeling 3

Eating/ accepting new foods 8

Playing with toys 4

Ability to accept new people.  3
 
This response was about Sarah the blue headed pionus.
 
If you would like to be included in the survey please email me at birdygirl2@parrot.com
 
 

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This is Sarah.