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Old 07-30-2009, 01:13 PM
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are meyers parrots quieter than senegals or are brown-heads even quieter
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Old 07-30-2009, 03:23 PM
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All three of these parrots have the potential to be as loud and noisy as each of the others. A lot will be based on their individual personalities and the activity and noise in their environment.

I have a Sennie and he is relatively quiet . . . but when he gets into frenzied playing with his toys he can get much more vocal and loud. Nothing to the volume potential of a Sun or Nanday Conure or that of a larger bodied bird. Also, if he sees me fixing his meals and I drop a piece of his food on the floor he loudly lets me know of my offense against him.

I've heard of very quiet and louder examples of Meyer's, Sennies and Brown-Headed Parrots. Good luck in finding a more definitive answer to your question.
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Old 07-30-2009, 04:24 PM
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Our Brownhead is exceptionally quiet, but he was poorly raised and can really only make one call at this point and he doesn't do it often at all....I think it has alot to do with how they're raised etc and their personalities.
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Old 07-30-2009, 04:34 PM
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Had a meyers that was extremely quiet. My senegal, Zazu is also very quiet he is not loud at all. He has gotten loud once since I have had him and that was when he was getting a wing and nail trim.
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Old 07-30-2009, 08:02 PM
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Both my sennies are pretty quiet. They lightly chirp nd chatter all day. Around dusk they start "practicing" their vocal abilities a bit more, but its still not really loud. The only time they get REALLY loud (and its just a sharp shrill whistle) is one I leave the room. Once they see me out of sight they stop, but those few steps it takes to get out of the room are tough ones. Their desperate attempt so stay with me is attention getting for sure. *lol*
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Id talkk to a breeder cause they could pick a quiet one for you or even a good bird store.My freind just got a meyers that had been handfed and its a great birdfriendly/ talks alittle and not too loud .She LOVES it
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Old 07-30-2009, 09:39 PM
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thanks for all your advice
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Old 07-31-2009, 01:11 AM
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As others have said, it depends on the birds.
I have one Senegal, one Red-bellied, two Meyer's and a Lovebird.

The Senegal is the quietest.

The Red-bellied mumbles a lot, but it's cute noise :)

Both Meyer's are slightly noisier than the other two. However, they both came from a house with a fairly larger number of birds and might have been more vocal there. Or they just like to be a bit more vocal than my other two and it might be purely coincidental that both of them are Meyer's.

However, they are all quieter than my Lovebird, who isn't that loud by Lovebird standards.
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Old 08-01-2009, 01:24 AM
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I used to have a Brown head and I hardly noticed he was around. He was so quiet sometimes, I would have to go look to see if he was okay. My cockatiel is ALOT louder than he ever was and he never tried to out scream my tiel. He was just so layed back.
My sister has a senegal and he is pretty quiet too, but he can easily out scream another bird when he is put in that situation. He talks much more than screams though.
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Old 08-01-2009, 02:50 AM
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My Meyers is very quiet, whistles sometimes. She picked up the "chuck chuck" noise my GCC makes, but she hasn't (thankfully) picked up the flock call.
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