Are you thinking about a parrot? OR you already own a parrot and are looking for some support? In this blog, I cover the top 5 most popular parrot forums, when they are best used and pros and cons for each. In addition, you’ll see why LuvBirb’s community is a hot newcomer to the market.
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Avian Avenue
Avian Avenue might be one of the original parrot forums out on the internet! I couldn’t find a creation date for this group… but it certainly has one of the largest collection of threads that I’ve seen.
- Threads: 284,511 (as of 05/16/2025)
- Messages: 3,767,209
- Members: 27,149
- Website: Avian Avenue Parrot Forum
Best for… friendly community vibes
| Pros of Avian Avenue | Cons of Avian Avenue |
| – kind and long standing community! – Still remains an extremely active and well maintained forum – Lots of sub-forums by species – Great resource of existing information from many years of experienced owners – A reputable tool that all parrot owners have joined or read at some point | – Searching optimization is okay. You won’t always get relevant results – Longer threads can be overwhelming to read – slightly older design – restricted to text and image based engagement – faces the same challenge as all forums, significant duplicate of topics |
Example of the search results when you search “beak clicking” on Avian Avenue
Parrot Forums
Parrot Forums is the other more establish forum community. As you’ll see in the stats, the number of threads and messages are on the lower side compared to Avian Avenue. However, parrot forums has a larger group of active members. In addition, they have some fun community events like photo competitions.
- Created in: 2005
- Threads: 94,416 (as of 05/16/2025)
- Messages: 1,050,607
- Members: 40,520
- Website: Parrot Forum 🦜 Parrot Owners Community
Best for... More in-depth and bird specific discussions about parrot behavior.
| Pros of Parrot Forums | Cons of Parrot Forums |
| – established forum with community events – large community of members – also has wonderful collection of specie/topic specific forums – more modern design, well maintained forum – Great resource of existing information from many years of experienced owners – A reputable tool that all parrot owners have joined or read at some point | – Searching optimization is okay. You won’t always get relevant results – restricted to text and image based engagement – faces the same challenge as all forums, significant duplicate of topics |
Example of the search results when you search “beak clicking” on Parrot Forums
Reddit’s r/Parrots
Reddit’s r/Parrots is probably one of the most active and largest forum available to parrot owners! Built on the famous tool Reddit, it has a modern UI which frequently gets updates. Also, fun fact, r/parrots is one of the top 1% of reddit groups.
- Created in 2008
- Threads & Messages: Unknown, probably to large to count
- Members: 1.4Million members 😱
- Website: PARROTS!
Best for… casual conversations, memes and quick advice
| Pros: | Cons |
| – So many adorable photos of parrots immediately on your feed – modern application and UI that is frequently updated – very active and great for real-time feedback – limited organization which means all posts get equal visibility | – no organization, creates a very repetitive experience – search optimization is okay, actually better off using google – quality of advice can vary, also do your own research – members on reddit can be aggressive or make it personal. I’ve seen some pretty nasty things being said. |
Example of the search results when you search “beak clicking” on r/reddit
YouTube
I don’t think I’ll have to introduce YouTube! In it’s own way Youtube, TikTok, Instagram are all forums of their own kind. It is a way for people to connect on a topic of interest and learn from subject matter experts.
Best for… Visual learners, step by step training and seeing live parrot behavior
| Pros of YouTube: | Cons of YouTube |
| – Very engaging content that ranges from shorts to long form videos – Popular channels like BirdTricks, Parrot Wizard, BluePlanetPets, Marlene McCohen that offer professional insight across multiple species – Great variety of content – entertainment and education – modern application and UI – see video content of parrot behavior live | – One way information, each page or profile only posts about their own experience. No way for other to share on the same topic – No retention of knowledge and searchability across posts. It is not a forum – often showcases the ‘fun’ parrots focused on views and not so much the reality – hard to have detailed discussions or Q&A since engagement is restricted to comments – typically shows one person’s perspective. one search – one video – one person. No |
LuvBirb Discord Community
The last forum is a shameless plug for the new LuvBirb community! Luvbirb is new as of May 2025 and built on the well known discord platform used by millions of people around the world. It is one of the most modern ways to build active and engaging communities.
Why should you join LuvBirb?
LuvBirb is the first community of its kind by bringing in chat, forums and more all into one place! There is no paywall, membership is free, and it has all of the bells and whistles of modern applications such as emojis, stickers, gifs and more.
This is just the beginning of the platform in future we have lots of different things brainstormed for the group – community events, chat rooms, webinars and more! Hope you’ll stick with us as we go on this journey.
| Pros of LuvBirb | Cons of Luvbirb |
| – web and mobile optimized application – ability to engage in a variety of ways – text, forums, video, chat rooms and more – all in one place – modern application with fun modern things like emojis, stickers, gifs and more to build community – connected to a blog of growing information with resources available to new and existing parrot owners – lots of different plans on the roadmap! This community will be built for purpose, so try it out and tell us what you’d like to see. | – we are very new so user membership is low and it may be quiet for a bit – not fully establish. We want Luvbirb to be purpose built, therefore new features will come as user make suggestions – LuvBird content is isolated to discord, so google search isn’ts going to identify it |
Final Thoughts
At the end of the day, you will likely end up using a mix of different forums on the internet. It’s hard to use just one since each serves a unique purpose.
Just know that there are a lot people passionate about parrots and looking to share their experience. Each of these forums come from the same positive place of trying to share knowledge and help each other as we navigate this unique journey. So find whichever fits for you and connect with this amazing group of people!