Anyone know their PARROTS?

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Anyone know their PARROTS?

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A couple of months ago, this parrot simply flew into our restaurant one evening and made himself / herself at home!

Mrs T made enquiries with the neighbours and nobody claimed it.

One of my lads caged it and we subsequently re housed it in a specially constructed Hua Hin Fishing Lodge Parrot's Hilton!
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It's very tame - can be handled easily and is obviously used to being around people.

I have been told that it is possibly a 'ROSELLA' from OZ - but I cannot find a suitable match on the web.

So - Any Parrott Experts out there who can tell what kind of bird this is? Also - male or female?
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Well, it ain't a Norwegian Blue, cause it's the right way up on the perch.

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It's true

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Lovely plumage, thow. And no pining for the fjords.
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It looks very much like a Sun Canure Parrot. See the link here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Parakeet
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It is coloured like a 'ROSELLA' from OZ, but they are a much bigger bird than that.
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Khundon, Winkie, Farang.

Many thanks for your valuable input - yep, he's tired & shagged out due to a long skwark!..........

But it's given me a great idea for a name - MONTY......

H20Dunc you are absolutely spot on - thanks very much.

Neurus - thanks for the input.
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Terry wrote:Khundon, Winkie, Farang.

Many thanks for your valuable input - yep, he's tired & shagged out due to a long skwark!..........

But it's given me a great idea for a name - MONTY......

H20Dunc you are absolutely spot on - thanks very much.

Neurus - thanks for the input.

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Yes, this is all extremely strange if it is what H2O says it is. They seem to be rare and a very limited range no where near to Asia. Someone look for a guy with an eye patch and wooden leg, speaking Spanish and looking for his parrot. Any strange ships anchored in the harbour? :shock: :P Pete :cheers:
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I would say looking at picture it was a Sun Conure they are South American, must have got a good tail wind behind it.
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ok i will send the photo to a guy i met in hua hin last week he is a parrot expert
and says he is the first guy to sex parrots correctly has 2300 birds in stock on his ranch in florida he told me my parrot is a moustach parakete !! not a parrot
all parrots have short tails parakete are long tailed and some other stuff about them~!!!!
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Not a great expert pretty sure its a sun conure just google image it.
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On a slightly different note, admittedly an obvious one perhaps, but that parrot has definately escaped from someone's house or private collection, it's probably on the expensive side too.

Another possibility is that it was stolen and the perp has just released it, due to being unable to sell it and not knowing what to do with it, or the cops were closing in on them and they just let the evidence fly away.

Strangly, there is quite a lot of money in stealing these types of birds to order or just smuggling them to collectors etc. You would be surprised how many indigenous folks collect exotic birds and the like.

It is obviously highly unlikely that there is not a story behind this bird, a very crushed previous owner or an irate perp.

As mentioned by someone else earlier, these birds have a very low nature range, not long distance types, it's "off it's turf" so to speak.
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Have you tried asking it :laugh:
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:rasta: Later man.......
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