Learning and understanding your bird’s behavior can help you figure out how the bird is feeling in spite of it not being able to talk. One thing you may be curious about is why the bird is clicking its beak.
This article looks into why your sun conure is clicking its beak.
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Why does my sun conure click his beak?
Birds use a variety of body parts to communicate with other birds and to communicate with us, they also use the beak to communicate.
If your sun conure is suddenly clicking its beak then the reason behind why this is happening includes:
A greeting:
If your bird only clicks its beak once, and does this when you come into the room or only does this when it encounters another bird, then the bird is likely clicking its beak as a greeting and saying good day to you or the other bird.
What to do:
You can respond to your birds clicking noises by also making soft-clicking noises with your tongue to communicate that you’re greeting it as well.
Happiness:
The clicking from your sun conure can also be happening because the bird is excited about you being in the area. It could also mean that the bird is excited about the fact that you’re giving it food.
Your conure can also do this if it comes into contact with another person or bird and is pleased with the other person or bird.
The bird will have a relaxed body language in this case. The two birds will come close together and exchange these clicking noises as they do this.
What to do:
This is a positive noise and is not something that you would need to be concerned about.
You can make soft clicking noises at the bird when it makes the clicking noises at you and, you can also play with the bird.
You don’t have to do anything if two birds are clicking, the two birds are simply enjoying each other’s company and can be left alone with no issues.
A warning:
If the bird clicks its beak repeatedly at you, or at something or someone else, then the bird may be clicking its beak as a warning.
In this case, the bird will rapidly snap its lower and upper mandibles together to try to seem intimidating.
Your bird may be doing this when trying to protect or show dominance over their territory or when it is trying to intimidate a person or another bird.
The behavior will also be accompanied by a raising of the feathers, pupil dilation, and a rising of the feet. This also helps to intimidate the threat and makes the bird look bigger.
These actions serve as a warning to anyone around the bird to not come any closer and if the threat does come closer then this can result in a nasty bite if you don’t stay away.
What to do:
If the bird is trying to protect its territory from another bird then you may want to consider giving the two birds a cage that is big enough to house both of them, or, you may want to consider giving both of them their own single bird cages.
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