Random pics of Tikki

[CrazyEyes]

She's a character

 

[Anne]

What a beautiful pictures and parrot. To be honest, I never saw a parrot like that. What kind of parrot is it?

 

[CrazyEyes]

Red breasted Parakeet also known as a Mustached Parakeet.

 

[TessieB]

Well, they got the mustache part right! What a gorgeous specimen!

 

[MomtoPercy]

I'd never heard of a Mustached Parakeet until I saw Tiki. He is beautiful!! Do they talk? How big is he?

 

[Anne]

Oef, luckely I wasn't the only one that didn't know what kind of specie it was...

 

[CrazyEyes]

I'd never heard of a Mustached Parakeet until I saw Tiki. He is beautiful!! Do they talk? How big is he?

well he is a she and she is about 4 years old and doesn't talk. She was a rescue and was stuck in a small room with about 10 other birds. The males talk very well, in fact there are a few YouTube vids of them talking.

They are among the few parrots that can be sexed visually. The males have an orange beak, females have a black beak. They are slightly larger than a cockatiel.

 

[Terry57]

Tikki is so beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing the pictures, I could look at him all day I have never even seen one for sale up here.

 

[mtdoramike]

Oh my, what a real beauty. This is the first one I have gotten to see of close. Tikki is stunning

 

[Sterling1113]

The guy I bought my SI Eclectus from breeds small parrots in small cages, and one of the pairs I saw was a pair of mustache parakeets. Very beautiful birds, I wish I could have taken them all and put them in good homes! Tikki is wonderful.