As a caged bird, which is second in popularity after the budgerigar?

VelourBanjoPlayer141, It is cruel to keep a bird caged.

What about canaries? I think they're popular as well.

Birds, by definition should be the last animal in the world to be kept in a cage. Imagine being born with the means to fly anywhere you want, whenever you want and someone locking you in a thing that's not much bigger than you are and making it out of bars so you can see everywhere you can't go and be constantly tortured by the fact you can't fly - the thing you were born to do! Unspeakably awful. How 'human' of us.

stikwizard, I had two cockatiels one male one female,the male was very loud and when he heard my son moving around upstairs he screeched until he came downstairs and talked to him were as the female was very quiet but very clever and could talk.

beebee, You poor thing !! They are wonderful birds ; gregarious as well. You become part of their family and they become part of your family. In the summer,when my windows are open, my neighbors tell me often that they love hearing them. I wonder if you'd been hearing larger parrots? Some of them do sound very loud.

Player #5621402, Absolutely agree! However, many, many years ago a friend rescued an injured Magpie. He kept him/her caged to aid its recovery. The Magpie came to me because it responded vocally to my son's young voice. It would talk to my son, but never spoke or mimicked in the presence of an adult. I used to put the cage on our veranda so it could have contact with wild Magpies. When I was certain it could fly freely, I opened the cage and set it free.

I had a cockatiel years ago, I’d let him out the cage and he would come to me, I had him on my hand , he would put his head forward cuz he wanted me to stroke his neck . Then he flew around the lounge

Parakeets are the most popular. Parrots cost too much.

WE HAD TWO COCATIELS YEARS AGO. THEY WERE VERY SWEET, SMART BIRDS. THEY DID HAVE A CAGE, BUT USUALLY THEY LIKED TO PERCH. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THEY GOT BIRD SEEDS EVERYWHERE.

d They had a perch that they could hang out on and they let the Budgies out. They are very clever birds .

We had a male and female cocatoo years ago and they weren't caged. they ha

Cockatiel's will Fly away Adentually. I had 3 Spike Pepper & Chili they all 3 Flew away at sometime when the door got left Open. I let them out of the Cages. Spike was so Sweet he was my Fav had Chili the Longest he was very Mean. Atleast 5 yrs.

This practice of keeping birds in cages is cruel.They may look cute in the cage but nothing beats seeing them fly freely in the wild.

I had a cockatiel when I was younger. He was quite loud. Must have been an aberration. 😁