How do Xuan Phoenix parrots breed

Xuanfeng parrot, also known as high-crowned parrot, cockatoo, is a kind of medium-sized parrot, high ornamental value, like to be close to its owner, very popular with people, that Xuan Phoenix parrot how to breed?

How do Xuan Phoenix parrots breed?

The male parrot's ability to protect and feed its offspring is very strong among known birds, and if the female is unable to feed her offspring for some reason, the male will be responsible for raising the chicks. Xuanfeng parrots can participate in breeding after about 8 months of sexual maturity, and most of the breeding season begins and ends around August of that year, but Xuanfeng can breed at almost any time within a year, which mainly depends on the more suitable climatic conditions. several consecutive breeding cycles are also possible. Wild parrots like to nest in relatively high holes in dead trees and show territorial consciousness during breeding. Each nest lays 2 to 5 eggs, and the incubation period is generally 19 days. Both male and female parent birds participate in hatching and raising chicks. The young birds can leave the nest at the age of 5 weeks, and the egg diameter is about 24.5x19 mm.

Xuanfeng easily began to breed herself when she found a nest in a larger aviary. The female lays 4 to 7 eggs and hatches chicks in 20 days. In general, public Xuan hatches eggs during the day, while female Xuan hatches eggs at night. Xiao Xuan began to leave the nest when she was 30 days old, but will continue to be fed by her parents for a few days. The nest box can be made with a size of 35 × 20 × 45 cm and a hole diameter of about 6 cm. The mouth of the cave cannot be too high, because the chicks like to peek out of the hole and make calls at the same time. The bottom of the nest box needs to be covered with thick shavings.

The family-raised Xuan Phoenix parrot has no fixed breeding time, appears unique singing before estrus, flies sideways and suddenly turns around to show its flight skills, males look for nest boxes, females lay an egg every two days, each litter lays 4 to 5 eggs, occasionally 8 chicks are hatched in 18 to 19 days, the chicks become chicks in about 33 days, and the chicks need to be fed for about three weeks after that.

Can the Xuan Phoenix parrot talk?

Xuan Feng parrot is not good at talking, and female Xuan Feng parrot does not have the ability to master a large number of words. In fact, many female Xuanfeng never planned to learn to speak. Some male parrots are reported to have mastered a lot of vocabulary, but their voices are not really very clear to everyone. Compared with many other parrots, the Xuan Phoenix parrot is a relatively quiet bird. The predictable fact is that all birds sing when they are excited. Many people believe that females are noisier than males, but the pitch is not higher than males. Xuan Phoenix parrot is recognized as an excellent apartment companion bird, of course, the more you raise, the louder the noise will be! Xuanfeng parrot has a gentle and changeable voice, which is the best among parrots, but because of its fast rhythm and sensitive nature, it is not easy to get close to people, at least there is no record of successfully learning to speak.