Baby Bird Training

[NuttyBird]

Hey guys! Yesterday my friend found a baby cockatiel (I know, this isnt a "parrot") on his apartment's porch...19 stories above the ground. This cockatiel was not afraid of anyone, and even flies to people's shoulders! So I decided to keep him, or at least until someone puts a missing bird notice out.
Today is the second day, and I have a cage and whole setup done. Everything is fine, and he seems to be very loveable. In fact, so loveable whenever I leave the room, he paces back and forth at the opening of the cage until someone either pulls him out, or just sits next to the cage. I'm worried he'll get lonely if im at work. Since he is still young, I was wondering if there is a way to get him/her being comfortable alone?

P.S.- If this is your missing bird, my area code is 954. He is very lovable, and loves being pet on the head. He is all white with pink cheeks and yellow "fluff" on his head.

Thanks!

[marie83]

First off welcome to the forums. Cockatiels are parrots, they are related to the cockatoo.

Thank you for taking this poor guy in and helping him. Can you put adverts up, contact the police, animal rescues, radio stations, advertise he has been found in the free ads papers? Someone is probably devestated at his loss and birds can fly a long long way if the wind is right so there may be no posters that appear in your area but theres still a good chance of finding his owner.

Also contact this guy http://www.parrotmag.com/lost-and-found-register
He works with parrots magazine and runs a lost and found register which covers most if not all countries.

Don't give up, we have recently had a bird on here reunited with his owner thanks to the person who found him making alot of effort.

[NuttyBird]

I have been searching through newspapers, online and everywhere, but no luck. I will however put out advertisements that this little guy has been found. I'm guessing hes about a year old due to his...behavior.

He's sitting on my shoulder right now as I type. I hope I find the owner!

[parrotsareyay]

Well they are not "true" parrots. The cockatiel, cockatoo, and i think the lories are not considered to be "true". (they're just a bunch of liars )

[marie83]

First time I have ever heard of a cockatoo not being a 'true' parrot. Would you share where you got that information from?

[cml]

First time I have ever heard of a cockatoo not being a 'true' parrot. Would you share where you got that information from?

Actually I think he is correct, cockatoo's arent part of the Psittacoidea family, and are thus not considered "true" parrots.
More info on wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_parrot.

[marie83]

Fair enough, just never heard of that before, this is why I enjoy the forums so much as your always learning new things as stuff you haven't considered before can get thrown in front of you like this.

[Michael]

Cockatoos are in the parrot order but not the parrot family. Cockatoos have their own family classification of Cacatuidae which includes all Cockatoos and Cockatiels.

[marie83]

Thanks Michael. So can I continue to call cockatoos and cockatiels parrots or would this be incorrect?
I'm a bit funny with things like this, like when people call a parrot species a breed- everyone knows what you mean and often think it is right even though it is incorrect to call them breeds as species and breed mean different things.

[Michael]

Psittaciformes are the order of all parrots, collectively known as parrots. This splits into several families but the ones we're concerned with are:

Cacatuidae (Cockatoos)
Psittacidae (True Parrots)

So Cockatoos are parrots but they're not true parrots. "True parrots" doesn't mean that the others aren't parrots. It's just a distinction to the name to differentiate them from the Cockatoos who actually have a specific name.