Recognizing kind of parrot

[Lusi]

I'm new to this forum and I need help. A parrot flew into my yard a few days ago and I decided to keep it. I was trying to find out what kind of parrot is that and I think that might be Alexander but I'm not sure.
Please let me know if you recognize this kind of parrot because I would like to be informed as much as possible in order to keep my new pet right. Thanks!

[liz]

Welcome to the forum.
You asked the wrong question. You should have asked how to find the birds loving owner who has been worried sick over losing his baby. He has been searching and calling every rescue looking for him. He is running around putting up fliers with reward for finding his bird. He is still driving around hoping the wind didn't catch it and blow it far away.

[Wolf]

Welcome to the forum and thank you for rescuing this bird, that is a wonderful thing to do. Now the first thing to do is to try to find the birds owner. I am not against you keeping this bird and developing a relationship with it but for the benefit of the bird you should return it if it is possible to do so.
There are dozens of possible reasons for the bird to have gotten outside and flown. A child could have left a door open or company could have opened a window that didn't have a screen. I am not much into speculating especially on something like how the parrot got out. But if the bird were yours and accidently got out you would want who ever found it to try to find you as well.
I could tell you that parrots don't actually make the best of pets or companions, but you won't believe me as I have parrots. But lets get real about a few other things. Parrots are loud and messy, they poop about every 20 minutes where ever they are at. A cage of the proper size and type will cost an average of $1000 and a check up at a vets with the blood work needed to make sure that it is healthy will cost about $400. Toys for the bird to chew up and destroy will run an average of $20 to $50 each and they need several of them and they must be replaced pretty quickly. So I guess I am trying to tell you that they are expensive. If the bird gets sick finding out why it is sick and then the treatment can easily run into several thousands of dollars.
Now for the reason that everyone wants a parrot, the bird bonds to its human and suffers immensely when separated from them. This is not separation anxiety as you may find in some dogs it is that the bird grieves the loss of its human the same way that you would grieve the loss of your spouse. They grieve because they think their human died and that is why they are not there with them. The human that is bonded to a bird of this type also experiences extreme emotional and mental anguish. Please do the right thing and try to find the owner. Check with any vets in 100 miles in case someone has reported it missing. Get the local radio station to announce that you have found a parrot but don't describe the bird, let anyone who calls about the bird describe the bird. If no one claims the bird then it is yours and I assure you that we will help you in anyway that we can.

[Lusi]

Thank you for your replies.

I'm trying to find his owner but so far i didn't succeed. Of course, I will return him if I find the owner but by then I want to give the parrot care that he needs.
I only got the information that the best thing for him is to keep him because he wouldn't survive on his own in nature.

[liz]

You did a good rescue. I appreciate that you took the little guy in. The owner will appreciate the care you give him.
My Amazons don't want to go outside. Rambo is quite content to look out the window. Myrtle is afraid of outside but one day a big wind came up and sucked her off my shoulder when I answered the door. The storm door was flipped open and Myrtle was being rolled around in the wind right in front of my eyes. I could never have imagined such a thing. She was lucky that she grabbed a twig in my neighbors tree and a young man showed up who could climb to retrieve her.
That could have been the case with your little rescue.

To answer your original question, it looks like an amazon body but the head does not look right for one.

[Wolf]

This is true a captive raised parrot does not know how to survive on their own. They are amazing creatures in their own right, I must admit that I am fascinated by them. But when they are born they don't even know how to eat or drink and their parent birds must teach them how to do this most basic thing, even human babies are born with the instinct to feed.
I did not want to imply that you were not trying to find the place the bird came from, but it is hard to bring that up without doing so. But if you had lost your bird and someone told me that they had found a bird I would try to get the two of you together to see if it were yours or not. If you don't find the owner then I encourage you to keep and care for him as long as you know what you are getting into which is all of the things that I put in my first reply and I did not even touch on the birds diet and such.
As for Identification of the bird species it would help to see the bird from the back as well and if you can catch a shot of the wings spread that would also help. What is the approximate length of the bird? It is not an Alexandrian as they have a tail that is as long as their bodies.
On to the topic of helping with the birds diet. What are you feeding it now? You may as well start the process of teaching it to heat fresh vegetables and fruits. The bird may not recognize any of these things as food or just a limited amount. I would offer the bird diced vegetables such as carrots, peas, corn, squash and so forth but would not give the bird any beans unless they are thoroughly cooked without salt, no avocado, or raw onion. I would offer it apples, pomegranate, pears, bananas, strawberries, blue berries and some leafy greens not spinach but Kale is good as is romaine.

[Pajarita]

Looks like a beebee but I've never seen one with red before... could also be a wide-eyed or a linnie.

[Jhaynes1230]

There are several databases for lost and found birds where where this one should be listed. www.911parrotalert.com and www.parrotalert.com would be a start. If someone can assist in identifying the species it would help in making certain its in the correct category on the DB. I'm usually pretty good at that, but this is not one of which I'm familiar.