Rosella - a parrot with a wonderful scaly color feathers. It has a long stepped tail with the same central feathers. On average, the rosella parrot reaches 30 centimeters. The legs and beak are dark brown, the belly is yellow, the sides and edges of the tail are blue. The head, undertail, neck and chest are red, and the feathers from the upper back are with a yellow-green border. The eyes of these birds are dark brown. Thanks to its variegated plumage, the rosella parrot looks charming. Therefore, every year its popularity is increasing.
These birds fly in a peculiar way. They flap their wings very quickly , although they move at a relatively low speed. It is very easy to distinguish adult parrots from young individuals: young animals have a dull color. These birds are indigenous to Australia.
Parenting
If you approach education properly, you can teach them to speak different words and even hum easy songs. Parrots have a very gentle but loud voice. To better teach a bird, you need to take it with a chick, so the Rosella parrot will quickly get used to the person and will be more susceptible to learning.
Cell selection
If you are going to buy this amazing representative of the fauna, then you should know that for a comfortable existence in captivity he should have a large cage or aviary (dimensions 4x1.5m). This is a prerequisite, as these birds need constant flights. If you limit the space, then the rosella parrot will die faster, and most likely, it will not have offspring.
Content
Keep the bird in a dry and clean room. Parrots need to sunbathe. In winter, when the days are short, you need to extend the daylight hours to eighteen hours a day. Parrots are very fond of swimming, so in their home should be an appropriate container filled with clean water. It is best to keep them at a temperature of +10 to +20 degrees. The humidity level should not exceed 70%.
Feeding
The main food is cereals. In addition, it is necessary to include in the diet more animal feed and vitamins - for example, flour worms, bloodworms or egg mixture. This is very important for the normal functioning of the body of parrots. It is advisable to periodically give them gnaw sprigs. The norm of food per day is 2 tbsp. l stern.
Breeding
Such parrots nest twice a year. For breeding in the aviary, it is best to leave one pair. The female hatches her chicks for a little over three weeks. Hatched birds are covered with rather thick down, but they are blind. At first, only the female feeds them, and after a few days the male begins to deal with this matter. At the age of about 30 days, they leave their nest, but remain under parental care for another 3 weeks. They reach puberty at the age of one and a half years.
Rosella parrot: price and features of choice
Choosing yourself such a bird as a pet, pay attention to its appearance. The price will largely depend on this. The plumage should be neat, without bald spots, and the parrot - cheerful. On average, one such bird costs 4800 rubles.