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Reader Stories: How I Named My Parrot

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How did you name your pet parrot? Share your bird's story and photo and see what other pet bird owners named their birds and why!

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Aqua and Marine, Hyacinth Macaws

Aqua and Marine is PERFECT for the hyacinth's beautiful blue feathers! And aquamarine go together really nicely as a word! Mostly its because of their feather color. I chose the name Marine and my si…More

Kiwi the Indian Ringneck Parrot

How I named my bird? well, because he's the color of the inside of a kiwi? And Kiwi's a really cute name too! His feathers are just the color of a kiwi! And the name Kiwi is also memorable and catchy…More

Sunshine the Blue and Gold Macaw

Sunshine because her golden yellow underside is like sunshine and because she brings sunshine and warmth and joy into our lives! Without her, this house would be so much duller. She really is the 'su…More

Marco and Polo the Peach Faced Lovebirds

You wanna know why? Cause i FINALLY taught 'em to talk and the first word Marco said was marco and the first word Polo said was..... I don't need to say it! Now they can play games of marcopolo, chas…More

Marshmallow the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

It was hard naming him/her since no one knew what gender he (lets just use "he" for now, ok?) was. But since when he fluffed up he looked like a giant white marshmallow, thats the name we went with. …More

Bunny the Timneh African Grey Parrot

Bunny the bird. It's easy to say how I named her. She LOVES her stuffie bunny toy, and so I named her Bunny. when she was a baby she had this blue stuffy toy that was a bunny rabbit, she gnawed and c…More

Alex the African Grey

Alex? That was an easy decision. We named him after the famous "ALEX THE PARROT". You guys probably heard of that famous bird who almost broke the record for speech in birds, right? If you didn't, se…More

Ziggy the Hahn's Macaw

Ziggy was a weird name, I have to say, no one knows how it became the name "Ziggy". But probably because he has this jumpy personality. He gets really excited and bounces all around his cage and Zigg…More

Lemon and Shelly the Budgies

Lemon got the name because of his bright yellow underfeathers and his hyperactive personality. With Shelly, I don't really have a reason 'cause it wasn't me who named her. Maybe because of her soft b…More

Levi and Jazz, Budgies

I named Levi for her light denim blue feathers and because I was sure she was a boy!With Jazz, it was the jazzy yellow stripe across her chest and her high activity level that caused me to name her J…More

Rocky the Amazon Parrot

I really do not know how Rocky got his name. My mother named him... I would have named him Polly or Cutie! Guide Note: Have you considered using "Cutie" as a nickname? I know many parrots who have ni…More

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