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The Jenday Conure Parrot

Jenday Conures are beautiful birds, with yellow on their heads that turns brilliant colors of green along the body to the tip of the tail. Their underbellies are covered with crimson, while they have orange feathers on their abdomen. You can also see hues of  blue on their feathers on the bottom of their wings.

Jendays are around 10-12 inches. The males usually weigh around 4.4 ounces, while the females weigh 5 ounces on average. If cared for properly, their life expectancy is 20 years.

They are native to northeastern Brazil. In the wild, these social birds can be found living either in pairs or in small groups of 10-15 birds.

Jenday Conures are known as one of the more loving Conures. In fact, Jenday Conures are second in popularity as a companion parrot only to the Sun Conure. They are basically noisy all of the time, screeching sometimes just for the heck of it, or for attention. These birds are highly intelligent, though, and can be trained very easily if properly socialized and handled by an owner who takes the time and patience to build a strong bond of trust with their parrot.

These sweet birds are generally calm and not known to be aggressive biters, so they are considered good family birds. As with any pet, do not leave your child unattended with your bird. They are very playful, active and social and require daily exercise and playtime. While in their cages, you may see them hopping around from perch to perch, or jumping through loops. Many of these pets spend the majority of their time out of their cage, and on a perch or in a play pen of some sort. This is how they are most happy.

If you live in an apartment, or a community with shared walls, be prepared to train your Jenday not to screech, or to be kicked out of your place! You can train your bird not to screech through trick training.

These birds need large cages. If they are kept in too small of a cage, they can get very bored and this can result in screaming, aggression and possibly plucking out their own feathers. A good cage size for the Jenday is 25″ W x 25″ D x 30″ H, with metal bars spaced no more than 1/2 inch apart. Proper cage size is very important, as these guys need room to play and move around, even while in their cages.

A proper diet for the Jenday Conure is a pellet based diet with fresh fruit and veggies daily.

Here is a bird rescue and other links where you can find some wonderful birds for adoption! Please consider adoption before buying.

Feathered Friends Forever

Parrot Education Project

Our Feathered Angels

The information for this blog was gathered from Bird Tricks.com and Animal World.

“Each bird loves to hear himself sing.”- Italian Proverb