Pirate's Parrot Show: Sun Conure (Held by Chris Biro)

Have you ever seen a parrot fly over your head? How about a whole flock?! At Chris Biro's fun and entertaining parrot show, there were birds flying around much of the time the show was going on! In fact, Chris trained about 20 Sun Conures to look for audience members who held up a dollar bill, and one would then fly over, take the bill, and fly back to a collecting jar! By the end of the show, the jar was brimming with money and there were dozens of people with dollar bills waiting to be taken by birds!! Amazing, clever, and fun, not to mention a great way for Chris to get donations for his parrot recovery program!

The Sun Conure is considered to be one of the most beautiful small parrots, and is native to northeastern South America. It is endangered in the wild, due to habitat loss and trapping for the pet trade. Banning bird exports has helped somewhat, but it is only seldom seen in its previous ranges. This bird, however, is one of the most common small parrots offered for sale in pet stores, and unfortunately, due to the loud volume of any Aritinga conure, these are also found in enormous quantities in bid rescue facilities. :( (The Sun Conures owned by Chris are all rescue birds! :D)

If you would like to know more about this beautiful conure, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: Sun Conure (Sun Parakeet)

For information about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization and free-flight training and seminars, please visit Bird Recovery International and Liberty Wings