Photo credit: Barbara Heidenreich Training a Parrot to Recall OnlyWhen Cued By Barbara Heidenreich I


love a flighted parrot. Flighted parrots challenge my training skills.When a bird is flighted he can choose to fly wherever he wants to. And if I have done my job


well training with positive reinforcement usually the bird chooses to fly to me…….again and again and again. This is fabulous until I realize the parrot is launching himself at me every second he can. On the one hand my training strategy has made my bird eager to come to me. On the other I may have created a monster! If you are working with a flighted parrot and you find yourself dodging a bird who keeps flinging himself at you it’s time to put your trainers hat on and get to work!


Training a parrot to recall (come to your hand) is an im-


portant behavior for flighted parrots.With a skilled, con- fident flyer it can usually be trained very quickly, usually within one session. However another important step in training this behavior is teaching your parrot to fly to you only when cued, not just randomly.


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Training a parrot to recall is an important behavior for flighted par- rots. Photo credit: Barbara Heidenreich


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