Hawk-headed Parrot Roll Call

[Jan]

Yay! As some of you may know, Chester is 10 years old now. He is quite a content HH but yet seems timid at times. I've had him since 2005. I just took these current photos of him.

 

[Birdlover]

He is the picture of perfection Jan!! Absolutely gorgeous feathering

 

[Nikki]

They are all so gorgeous! At the Miami Zoo they have a HH. I took some pictures, but they didn't come out very well the sun was setting right behind him. I'll post them if you want. I swear that when I was taking his picture he was flirting with me. I could have watched him all day.

 

[Jan]

Thanks Jill... and you know what? I rarely see him with his Ruff/Crest up in a full spread! I did more so when I first had him but rarely any more.

 

[TITANIS]

Golden conure, uncape, grey, hawkshead and pineappple conure, and a copper(?) pionus.

Bronze-wing Pionus (BWP). For me the list of species you mentioned in preference would be something like this: HH, Cape, BWP, Golden Conure, Grey, etc. But there are species I would have over all of these.

 

[Sharon]

I have to say that I don't think I've seen a prettier bird than a Hawkhead!

 

[The Cozy Nestbox]

Bronze-wing Pionus (BWP). For me the list of species you mentioned in preference would be something like this: HH, Cape, BWP, Golden Conure, Grey, etc. But there are species I would have over all of these.

Do tell!! What other species would come ahead of this list for you?

 

[TITANIS]

Do tell!! What other species would come ahead of this list for you?

In no particular order, RFM, Mealy Amazon and MM2 to name but a few. There are maybe one or two other parrots but that's as far as I will post here. That's just the psittacines. If we were to include softbills the list would be vast.

 

[The Cozy Nestbox]

Excellent choices! I knew someone who was breeding BWP but found low demand for them and eventually gave up. I saw several of her babies and can say definitely that pictures just do not do that species justice.

 

[BeakyBird]

These photos just make me want a hawkhead. ;u; My goodness!

 

[camelotshadow]

I'll add Penny to the list dob approx March 1997. DOA April 29, 2018

Such a sweet girl!

 

[KatherinesBirds]

Camelot.....your Penny is a doll!!!

I don't have my Hawkheads anymore they needed to find a long term home as I need to pay for hospital bills.

 

[Karearea]

Seems like we need more hawkheads here!

Well, here's Griffin! He was recently surrendered to the rescue I volunteer at. He's an absolute sweetie - loves giving kisses, getting pet, saying "bay boy", and doing the usual high-pitched call they're known for. His beak is quite overgrown, so we're going to be working on getting that worn down with toys and such. I can't wait to spend more time with him in the future!