red bellied parrotsare they loud

[birdymomma]

I know loud is kind of an open term since the call of one bird can bug one person but not the other...i can't seem to find anything on the net regarding their natural calls so i thought i would bring it up here

[hatchling]

For me loudness doesn't bother me as much as constant noise does. For example my cockatiels can be very loud to me because they can go for 5-10 minutes at a time wolf whistling, chirping, and just making a racket. It can be hard to talk in a room with the three of them when the really get going!!!
Now, my Senegal (not a red belly, but still a Poicephalus) was not constantly making noise. He mostly made chirps, purrs, and beeps which were pleasant and cute. The loudest thing he did was a very occasional scream when he was scared and his contact call, a loud screech. The screech was higher pitch that a 'tiels voice, but in my opinion more tolerable because it wasn't continual.
I think if I had an uphappy screaming bird my opinion would be different, but Poi's aren't known to be like that anyway.
Before I got my WC Pionus I went on Youtube and watced videos of them. This gave me an idea of personalities and what their voice can sound like. Maybe you could try that too??

[tracieerin]

I would say it depends on the individual. My one year old baby is pretty loud about me leaving the room, being in the cage when I am in the room, on top of the shower rod, by the window, while playing.. you get the idea. However I think I may have encouraged that by playing loud games with her...

My eight year old Senegal is not loud in any sense. He does have a piercing whistle that will hurt your ear if he is on your shoulder, but uses it only about 4x a week.

[crystalusagi]

My red-bellied baby is pretty quiet, relatively speaking. He won't make any noise in the night, and will call for a few minutes in the morning when he gets up if I don't come and say hi to him (but that's only after I've woken up and made myself known), but if I ignore him he'll stop. I usually go down when hes quieted down and give him a treat. He'll sometimes start chattering in very charming bird-talk when there are lots of people in the room and they're talking--sort of joining in on the conversation. That's a bit loud and obnoxious, but if you make eye contact and include him in the conversation he quiets down, too. I would say he's the quietest bird I've had yet--and I've lived with an african grey, a sun conure, and a lovebird before.