balderdash@lemmy.zip to [Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoIf you had to adopt one of these exotic pets, which one would you choose?lemmy.zipimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down18
arrow-up136arrow-down1imageIf you had to adopt one of these exotic pets, which one would you choose?lemmy.zipbalderdash@lemmy.zip to [Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareDeconceptualist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThanks! I thought I was using the correct family or clade term, my bad. I’d never heard of a eclectus parrot before, but she sure is pretty.
minus-squareUziBobuzi@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months agoAll parakeets are parrots but not all parrots are parakeets. Eclectus are gorgeous. The males are emerald green with orange beaks. They have the most sexual dimorphism of any of the parrot family.
Thanks! I thought I was using the correct family or clade term, my bad. I’d never heard of a eclectus parrot before, but she sure is pretty.
All parakeets are parrots but not all parrots are parakeets.
Eclectus are gorgeous. The males are emerald green with orange beaks. They have the most sexual dimorphism of any of the parrot family.