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Maximilian Pionus
The Maximilian Pionus is the most popular among the Pionus species due to their availability. They are the best talkers in the Pionus family. Being that they are the Plain Jane of the Pionus group, they often get over looked. The personality of them is over whelming. They are devoted to you, thriving on attention. They learn to talk fairly quick. Their vocabulary can be very surprising.
This is one good thing about the Pionus, they seem to take things easily. Felix never seems to get stressed over the many changes that has comes his way. He is very easy going. He cannot seem to get enough love scratches from me. He is very loving towards me. Pionus' in general seem to have an easy going out look on things. There are some who may be a little timid, but it's not in their nature to be like that. As like most birds, they like to be sweet talked to. They don't like it when you talk rough to them just as most animals don't like rough tones in a voice. Felix also has a side to him that is suddenly triggered and next thing you know he can be quite aggressive. When he does this I just put him back on his T-Stand or on the cage and let him get over it and when I come back to him a few minutes later he is usually over it and acts loving again. I don't know why birds do this. I've noticed that if its something that gets him really excited, this is when he does it. I most always know when he's going to do this so I can usually get out from being bit. I do not look down upon birds that do this, many species do it and I think its just a part of parrot behavior. No need to send them to Military School to straighten them out! This behavior should not keep you from wanting a parrot. You will need to know how to read body language and understand parrots. It's not hard to do once you've had parrots for a while.
The Maximilian is fun and out going, please don't over look this particular species. When I got my very first Maximilian my wife said "Why do you want such a plain looking bird?" I said "Because they are really sweet". After having him for a short while my wife began to see why they are worth having, the personality over rides the plain look of them. I find them beautiful in every way. Like the Military Macaws they are the Plain Jane of the macaw family and I think they are so strikingly beautiful. People tend to want vibrant colors when they have bird. The Maximilian has more colors in its personality then you would know what to do with. As the other Pionus species become more popular and are more plentiful this will make the Maximilian less of a demand in the pet trade. We need to be sure to keep on breeding birds like this as they will diminish if not kept in the pet market. The Orange Wing Amazon has become like that, I'm not sure why they were not very popular because they have very nice colors on them. As the years went by they were getting very hard to find and they are now making big come back into the pet trade.
You must ask yourself is it colors or personality that you want in a parrot. Both are nice to have but don't overlook a bird just because it may not be as strikingly colorful as another one. |
