What type of bird do I have here?

[wanderingwonderful]

A little help would be greatly appreciated. This bird was gifted to me by someone who was elderly and moving several states a way to live with family. I have no idea what kind she is, except loud, she is a loud, very vocal bird.

[Pajarita]

It's a quaker parrot (aka Monk parakeet). It comes from temperate zone countries in South America so it's imperative that she is kept at a strict solar schedule. But, my dear, this bird has very poor plumage so I am thinking that her diet has not been very good -which should be easy to correct as they are VERY good eaters!

[wanderingwonderful]

She was on an all seed diet when she came to me, I am correcting that.

[ParrotsForLife]

She was on an all seed diet when she came to me, I am correcting that.

You sound like you have experience with birds.Good that your correcting that.

[Pajarita]

She was on an all seed diet when she came to me, I am correcting that.

Great! But I hope you are not free-feeding her pellets because they are not the best thing for them, either.

[Wolf]

There are at least two great sources for information on feeding your birds, they are Pajarita and Seagoatdeb and I am learning a lot about parrot feeding due to their efforts and I know that both would be very happy to share this information with you.