Parrot with a pink beak, a pink bib and a long tail?

January 6th, 2009 | by Adrian |
Cleoppa asked:


I was at the animal shelter today and they had a cage filled with many beautiful parrots. Many I recognized but many were rarer. I’m not an expert on parrots, but I do know several of the more common species.

There was one pair that I thought was especially pretty that I’ve never seen before. I best remember that it had a pink beak and pink right under its beak. It was a little bigger than a cockatiel maybe.

Anyone know what this was?
Sorry, don’t really remember too much else.

Not a moustached parrot. In the picture, more of its chest is pink. The bird I saw was pink right under its beak, more in the are where the black is on that bird.
I’m browsing through the parrots on Wikipedia and haven’t found it yet.

I wonder if it’s a parakeet (not mean Budgie) or parrotlet?

It had a more narrow beak like a cockatiel or budgie instead of a wide beak like a lovebird. Maybe a little wider than a cockatiel or budgie, but still not the fat, thick ones of some parrots.
No, not a princess of wales, but after browsing Wikipedia I’m pretty sure it’s a Princess Parrot. Very beautiful birds. I’m not 100 percent sure. Maybe I’ll go back and take a few pictures and let you parrot experts fill me in on all the rare parrots in that aviary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Parrot
Nope, wasn’t a cockatoo. Was either a Princess Parrot or something that looked similar to that.

  1. 5 Responses to “Parrot with a pink beak, a pink bib and a long tail?”

  2. By eiskalte.leiche on Jan 9, 2009 | Reply

    Okay, I second Renee’s assertation that your mystery bird is a Princess of Wales (same species as the princess parakeet).

    I have met MANY a moustache in captivity! They were all bred in captivity and are precious little things.

  3. By Renee N on Jan 12, 2009 | Reply

    Princess of Wales’ Parakeet (polytelix alexandrae)? 18″ long, including tail, they are becoming rare in their native habitat, but booming in aviculture. They eat millet and plain canary seed, plus some sunflower seed, greenfood and sweet apple. They forage on the ground (floor) for long periods of time. Their cage must be kept pristine. (Cockatiels are about 12″.)
    It is unlikely to be the red-breasted parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) a.k.a. mustached parakeet, as they are rare in nature and not bred in captivity.

  4. By MizBadcrumble on Jan 15, 2009 | Reply

    Did it look like this? This is a rose-breasted cockatoo. They’re not very big and they’re a beautiful pink color.

  5. By gsdmix on Jan 17, 2009 | Reply

    These are the pink parakeets that have become pretty popular at bird shows

  6. By chocoboryo on Jan 18, 2009 | Reply

    That sounds very much like a Princess Parrot.

    They are native to Australia and can make great pets. :)
    Pic:

    (oh and also, the mustached parakeet is very common in captivity… they are here in Australia anyway)

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