Sun Conure

Aratinga solstitialis · Psittacidae

Spectacular colour, and a voice that will decide where your birdroom goes.

Native range: North-eastern South America

Diet

Pellet base with fruit and vegetables. Higher fruit tolerance than most parrots of this size.

200 × 100 × 160 cm minimum for a pair. Bar spacing 19 mm. They are strong chewers.

Affectionate and extremely loud. The call carries several hundred metres and is the single most common reason they are rehomed.

Reliable once mature and bonded. Endangered in the wild, so captive-bred stock with proper documentation matters more here than in most species.

Very few established mutations. Red factor and pied birds occur but are not widely fixed.

–Noise: genuinely a limiting factor in suburban aviaries

–CITES-listed: documentation is not optional

–Feather plucking in isolated birds

–Obesity on seed-heavy diets

Listed as Endangered by the IUCN. Wild populations have collapsed through trapping, so provenance and closed-ring records carry real weight.

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Species	Incubation	Ring	Clutch	Lifespan
CockatielNymphicus hollandicus	19 d	5.5 mm	4–6	15–25 years
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus	18 d	4.0 mm	4–6	6–12 years
Peach-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis	23 d	4.5 mm	4–6	10–15 years
Green-cheeked ConurePyrrhura molinae	24 d	5.5 mm	4–6	20–30 years
Indian RingneckPsittacula krameri	23 d	7.0 mm	3–5	25–35 years
Gouldian FinchChloebia gouldiae	14 d	Not recorded	4–8	5–8 years
Quaker / Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus	24 d	6.0 mm	4–6	20–30 years
Bourke's ParakeetNeopsephotus bourkii	18 d	4.0 mm	3–6	10–15 years
EclectusEclectus roratus	28 d	Not recorded	2	30–50 years
Sun ConureAratinga solstitialis	25 d	7.0 mm	3–5	20–30 years
African GreyPsittacus erithacus	28 d	11.0 mm	2–4	40–60 years
Blue & Gold MacawAra ararauna	27 d	14.0 mm	2–3	50–70 years

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