Currently, I have 3 green cheek conures. Several people have asked how I tell them apart. The truth is, they look very different. My conure, Mika, is a normal green cheek. This means he has the coloring of his wild green cheek cousins and is a natural color. Eddie and Lee, our rescues, have color mutations that cause their coloring to be different than a normal conure. Eddie has a turquoise mutation, and Lee has an opaline turquoise mutation. These mutations are made by breeding conures with oth

Green cheek conures are small, predominantly green birds originating from South America. They are often recommended as playful, affectionate, relatively quiet family pets. I have had 5 green cheek conures over the years, and here is what I have learned about their personalities. Remember, every bird is an individual, and these are generalizations based on my own personal experiences. While conures do vocalize at a lower decibel than many parrots, including other conures, they may vocalize freque