Noise Level and Domestic Living (534 views)

[Casey]

This chart here is generalized only, some individuals may vary above or below normal. In general, this chart should help potential new owners decide if the noise level of a potential bird suits their living situations. Not ALL species are listed, but the more general ones are. If unsure of your species and it is not on the list, please ask we will be glad to help you find where your bird fits!



Quiet (Good for apartments with little to no complaints)

Doves
Finches
Canaries
Weavers
Sparrows
Starlings
Budgerigars (can be chatty, but quiet voice)
Cockatiels (males can whistle, both genders have a shrill flock call)
Lovebirds (can be chatty)
Parrotlets (can be chatty)
Lineoleated parakeets
Grass Parakeets


Fairly Quiet (Minimal complaint in apartment homes, but can be loud)

Most Pyrrhura Conures (green cheek, maroon bellied, black capped, etc)
Poicephalus Parrots (Senegals, red bellies, brown heads, etc)
Pionus


Moderate to Loud (Not suitable for apartment living, better for houses or maybe some townhouses with good walls)


Quaker Parrots
Indian Ringneck Parakeet
Alexandrian Parakeets
African Grey
Mini Macaws
Amazon parrots
Lorikeets
Hawk Headed Parrots
Caiques


VERY Loud (Suitable for single houses, better if farther apart from neighbours)

Cockatoos
Large Macaws
Aratinga Conures (Suns, Nanday, Jenday, etc)
Eclectus Parrots

[injood]

i have an african grey and i live in an apartment on the 3rd floor i can her whistling all the way dooooown lol but nobody complains i have dead neighbours haha

[Casey]

dont you mean deaf ;D

i mean, if they were dead, no wonder they dont hear her lol

[injood]

LOOOOL nah their just super weird ! i only see some of them when im going to work in the morning and thats it ! their like ghosts really hahah they freak me out i make no contact with them what so ever !

[Casey]

it took a few months before we actually seen any evidence that someone lives across the hall from us lol the landlord said someone lived there but we never saw them