Hello everyone!

[xafsmom]

I'm new to this forum, and thought I'd say hello to everyone here and Happy New Year!

Here's my new baby, Xaf, a 4 month old Jenday Conure. He's still getting the concept of socializing (I've had him less than a week), but after the first big step of not hissing at me today and accepting a green bean from my hand, he graciously allowed me to take his picture. Big step for him! Hopefully soon he might even let me pet him. *grins*

('He' is a generalisation, he's not sexed as of yet, so he could easily be she!)

[Chief's Mom]

He's such a cutie!! Welcome to BB!

[Barbara9]

hello, he looks so much like my little guy... welcome

[javaspice]

Wow...Xaf is absolutely gorgeous.

[Nazir's]

Welcome to the board. Your baby is a cutie. Just curious, what's the difference between a Sun and a Jenday Conure?

[PowerBBS]

Wikipedia Quote:

The Aratinga solstitialis complex includes three additional species from Brazil: Jandaya Parakeet, Golden-capped/Sun Parakeet and Sulfur-breasted Parakeet.

The Jenday Conure or Jandaya Parakeet (Aratinga jandaya) is a bird of the parrot family native to northeastern Brazil.

The Jenday conure is a very beautiful bird. While the Jenday has a very loud shrill call they may not have the high pitch of a sun conure.

Like most conures, Jendays are also known for their sweet sociable disposition and playful behavior. These small parrots are highly intelligent, and can often learn several words and phrases, but are not known for their talking ability. Jendays often enjoy learning tricks, and should be handled frequently.

Here's a care fact sheet about them:
Jenday care sheet

The Jandaya Conure, also known, as the Jendaya Conure is a very beautiful parrot indeed! They can make a wonderful addition to the family with the proper training.

Not as much is known about the Jandaya Conure in the wild, because they are usually seen singly, making it more difficult to study them. They are not necessarily shy, and they can certainly be heard by their loud calls. If you choose to make a Jandaya Conure a family member, you can reduce their noise level with proper training, which is relatively easy with this particular Conure. But they may not be well suited for apartments. In the wild, The Jandaya Conure will eat seeds and nuts, as well as rice, corn, smashed cashews and fruits, including mango. For this reason it is important to offer them a variety of food in captivity in addition to their regular diet. The Jandaya Conure loves to play making them fun to watch. At one time the Jandaya Conure used to be much more common in captivity than the Sun Conure, but now the Jandaya Conure is a lot less common than the Sun Conure.

The Jandaya Conure is larger than most, averaging 12 inches in length. The primary color of the Jandaya Conure is green, with the head, throat and upper breast being a gorgeous yellow-orange. The area around the eye is white and the iris is a gray-brown color in the adults. Young Jandayas have dark eyes. The wings are primarily green, with blue flight feathers. The lower back of the Jandaya Conure is orange-red, and its tail is olive green with blue edges. The legs of the Jandaya Conure are gray, while the bill is black. In addition to eye color immature Jandayas can be distinguished by the pale yellow coloring on their heads.

The Jandaya Conure is native to northeastern Brazil, and is usually seen around forest clearings, sometimes near coconut palms and edges of the rain forest. They are relatively common in the wild, and are one of the few species that has benefited from forest clearing.

It is impossible to sex Jandaya Conures by sight; so surgical sexing or blood testing is necessary. The female will start to produce eggs at approximately 2 years of age. They will usually begin breeding in February. The average clutch contains 3 to 4 eggs, which take 26 days to incubate. Babies will usually fledge within 50 days. The chicks will sometimes stay with the parents for a short period after leaving the nest. The Jandaya Conure can sometimes have two broods in a year.

It is also much less costly than the Golden Conure or the Queen of Bavaria Conure, two conures which are often touted for their beauty.

[4HAND]

Originally Posted by Nazir's

Welcome to the board. Your baby is a cutie. Just curious, what's the difference between a Sun and a Jenday Conure?

When young they do look similar,but a Sun's back and upper wing coverlets will turn yellow over the course of two years while a Jenday's back and wings remain solid green.
Tena

[saucie]

Also, it seems to me that often Jendays have more centralized coloring, like the orange is really orange, whereas on suns, the orange may be mixed with a little yellow.

Xaf is beautiful! Seems like you two are getting along just fine. I love the Jenday colors

[xafsmom]

I love the sun's coloring (I'm a sucker for yellow/orange!), but I think the green wings on the jenday are prettier for some reason. My first conure was a peach-fronted conure that I found on the road-side (no kidding!). We took him to the vet, who told us he was about 20 and he was the meanest sucker ever! Probably had a very hard life, didn't like toys, didn't like to be anywhere but his cage and left alone. Poor thing. He spent his last few years well-fed and doing what he preferred.

Xaf is a little brat though. He wants things his way! He's lessened the hissing-lunge biting, and is getting used to his new home and all the trappings (aka humans) in it. He's stepping up now and is happy to try and eat anything offered to him. He's a spider bird, because all he does he tries to do upside-down (laughs!). The one thing he doesn't do is cuddle, and over all else, he prefers to spend time in his cage over anywhere else. :( He's also freakishly quiet for a jenday, only making little warbling sounds when he's curious about something, or singing along to music.

Here's a cute pic of him looking all alert and shiny!

[4HAND]

I'd like to ask.....How do you pronounce Xaf?
Tena