Green cheeked conure is about 10 " in length.  As the name implied, they are primarily green.  There are some grey on their head and  grey barrings on their chest.  Their belly is slightly reddish and a maroon color tail.  Both of its feet and beak are black.

Green cheek mutations are not a hydrid but a selective breeding for their new colors however green cheek mutations have less genetic variations in their genes.  Therefore, they are much smaller sizes and weaker compare to normal ones.

Here are some basic green cheek conure mutations

1. cinnamon green cheeked conure
2. yellow sided green cheek conure
3. cinnamon + yellow side GC conures = cinnamon yellow sided or pineapple GC conures
4. turquoise GC conures
5. a combination of all colors above
6. a split to any of the colors above

Green cheek conures are very playful, curious and intelligent birds.  Here are all hold true with a well socialized green cheeked conure.  The more things you expose your bird at young age, the easy going your bird is.

1. Easy going bird, playful bird- full of energy-enjoy rambling around, sweet, cuddling, funny, silly, entertaining, like shredding papers, play bells, chewing woods, swing
2. Territorial:  fearless bird when defend their cage, challege our african grey all the time.
3. Bossy, nippy, you have to show a green cheek conure that you are a boss then you can solve this problem
4. can not house together with other birds unless they are raised together and at same size
5. Not a good talker:  Known to speak afew words
6. Very strong bond with whoever taking care and play with them.  To solve this problem,  make sure to socialize your bird.  It is best for them to be handled by the whole family members.
7. fairly quiet bird:  quietest in the pyruhua family, just making some chirpy sounds not as frequent in their calling, but can learn to yell or squawk for attention or out of a cage.
8. like to sleep in a Happy hut or a nestbox
9. love to take bath
10. love to fling their food

Green cheek conures can learn to speak afew words.

Green cheeked conures genrelly are one of the quietest conure.  They are rarely make any noise.  They only make some warning noise when there is a hawk circle around or somethings that is new to them.  However, a spoiled GC conure pet does learn how to shriek loud enough for attention or out of a cage.

Green cheek conure loves to take a bath wherever water is.  They bathes several times a day.  It is best to offer them a large bowl of fresh  clean water and change water several times a day.

Green cheek conure loves to sleep in their nestbox or a happy hut even when it is off a breeding season.  They don't make any noise at night.  But if you turn a light on, they wake up right away and check see what is going on.  They are very curious creature.

This is a mutation of a normal green cheek conure

it has a red and yellow side belly. 

Largest cage is the best

Recommend HQ 32" x23"x6' economy cage

bar 1/2" x 1/2"

need small perches to perch ( Pet Supermarket)

need extra bowls for rotation

Toys

need a variety of toys

small wooden toys, rawhide rope toys, puzzle toys that hide nuts or dried fruits, acrylic toys, swing...

need extra toys to rotate in and out of a cage in a weekly basis.

We feed our birds  with:

1. We mix Higgin Sunburst Medium and Higgins Autralian Diets, millet spray, hemp seed...

2. Also small conure mixed pellets of Pretty Bird, Roudybush & Zupreem Fruitblend... 

3.  We also give them frozen mixed veggies

4. But fresh veggies are what they like the most: fresh corn, brocoli, green bean, green and red pepper, carrots...

5. Fruits: apple, orange, grape, blue berries, mango, star fruit...

6. They also like boiled eggs  & canary egg foods.

7. Basically every food that is good for you is best for a bird

It is really hard to get a green cheek conure eating pellets.  But we always leave a lot of food options for them and slowly switch to feed them with a pellet base.

We keep separate bowls for each kind of food.  Pellets, egg food, crushed nuts and corn ( sell at Latino market)... in one bowl.  Fruits & veggies in one, mixed seed in another one and finally a large bowl of fresh and clean water.

Food that is poisonous to birds:

chocolate, avocado, beverages

Avoid food:

 lettuce, cheese, potato, apple seed

First, you should buy a handfed and well socialized baby.  When a breeder takes

 time and love to raise their birds, you expect to pay more.  Quality baby is the

most important here. 

The next step is you need you know how to take care of them.  We recommend

to purchase Two that way your birds have playmate and much much happier.

You should buy a largest cage you can afford, a small playgym is a must.  They

need a lot of small toys, perches...

Green cheeked conures are mature and ready to breed at two years old.  They are fairly easy to breed.  However,  both male and female are aggressive during a breeding season.  It is best to give them privacy for better breeding result.

A female lays up to 8 eggs per clutch but average 4 eggs per clutch.  The

incubation lasts between 22-24 days with an average of 3-4 babies hatched. 

They usually double clutches in a season.  Sometimes they even lay 3 times a

year.