Quaker Parrots
The Quaker Parrot is also commonly called the Monk Parrot. It has earned the name Quaker because of its coloring resembles an old fashioned Quaker costume. They are very intelligent, active and well known talkers. They have been a popular bird through out the years. They are naturally social animals since they usually nest together.
Origin: Central Bolivia and southern Brazil to central Argentina
Family: Parrot
Life Span: 25 to 30 years
Size: 11 to 12 inches
Family: Parrot
Life Span: 25 to 30 years
Size: 11 to 12 inches
Quaker Coloring: The Chameleon
The Quaker Parrot has mainly green coloring, whether that is army green or olive green. The front of its face down to its belly is tan to gray color. The underneath side of their wings and some of the tail is a blue and that may vary from bird to bird. They have great coloring to blend in high up in the trees. The lighter color helps them blend in for anyone looking up, it looks like the sky. There is no difference between the males and females so you must tell the sex of the bird by either their behavior or by a DNA test.
Color Mutations
Quakers also blue mutations. They can come in blue and pallid blue. These Quakers will be all blue with a darker blue where the green would normally be and the light blue where the tan/gray would normally be. The pallid blue will be basically the same just a bit lighter in color.
Color Mutations
Quakers also blue mutations. They can come in blue and pallid blue. These Quakers will be all blue with a darker blue where the green would normally be and the light blue where the tan/gray would normally be. The pallid blue will be basically the same just a bit lighter in color.
Quaker Behavior
These birds are very active and playful. Although from the very beginning these birds must learn to cooperate and the limits of different behaviors. This needs to be done before they fully mature because they may end up being out of control. Like children and most other parrots, the Quaker has a "terrible twos" phase. It happens around 9 and 18 months of age. They are also high territorial of their cage and if you don't take precautions, it will learn to chase and bite you. So to keep this from happening you must take the bird out of its cage before you clean it or change its food, water and toys. Make sure you never spay or neuter your Quaker because it will begin to have behavior problems however, you want to expect that they will have sexually related behaviors.
Quaker Noise Level: The Talker
The Quaker Parrot can be quite loud at times but usually they are too busy to even think about being noisy. When they are really noisy it is because they are unhappy due to toys, space or nutrition or they not living under good conditions. If you are very noise sensitive or don't have the time to make sure the bird is happy then you may want to rethink get this particular bird. They will scream and yell in high pitched shrill voices. However, despite the loud noise that can come from this bird, the Quaker is extremely good at mimicking our words. They start to understand the meaning of the words and will start to manipulate the words. The average young Quaker can mimic 50 to 60 words. However, they only understand the meaning of about 15 words. The words are not always easy to understand to everyone, but usually the family that has the bird knows what they are understanding. A young Quaker learns how to talk at 6 months of age. It also learns it's first words usually at about 10 months of age.
Common Problems
Fly!: The Quaker Parrot will often fly away. You must keep its wings trimmed frequently because otherwise it may be able to fly away through determination. Trimming of the wings will also keep it from flying around the house; it may drown, get burned or fly into glass and get injured or die. If this bird does fly away in an urban area, it may have a chance of recovery if it is very tame.