. . . inside this adorable green body is a "big parrot" attitude with personality to spare!

Hi! My name is Basil. I'm a fine example of a male Red Sided Eclectus. I was hatched on April 23, 2003 somewhere in North Carolina and I moved in with my new family in July of 2003. It was a rather traumatic move for me. Flying on an airplane at only 3 months of age was NOT my cup of seed! It was skeeery! Eclectus parrots are strong flyers on their own, thank you very much. Eclectus parrots make wonderful pets and have excellent talking abilities. They also love to mimic their favorite sounds. They are adventuresome and love to explore new places and people. Eclectus are very intelligent and focus their eyes on their owner to closely observe every movement. They show interest not only in you but in everyone and everything around them. They love to explore and usually show little fear.

What is that pink thing doing in my cage?	Checking out the back yard for intruders. . .

The color of the Eclectus varies somewhat in the different subspecies, mostly in the female. Known as the most color dimorphic parrot in the world, they were kept and considered gifts from the Gods in early Egypt because of their beautiful feathers. In fact, it was once believed the males and females were two different species. The males are all generally translucent green with red underwings. All males have a yellow to orange beak which resembles a piece of candy corn. The females are generally red, mauve and yellow, or red with a royal violet blue belly and underwings, with deep maroon wings, and her beak is black. . Basil is a fine example of a very handsome male Red-Sided Eclectus parrot.

Rainbow Ridge ~ sigh ~

~Basil's baby mug shot~