Behaviour and Training of Parrots

Parrots are social animals that live in family groups, small to large flocks and split up in pairs during the breeding season.
Pair fidelity tend to be high for psittacine birds and there is an exclusive pair bond for most parrot species. Most parrot species exhibit social monogamy and bi parental care of young. Divorce only takes place in case of reproductive incompetence of the pair members. Exclusive pair bonds are not accurate for all species and there are a few exceptions.

Compared to raptors, owls and pigeons parrots exhibit a relatively extended nestling period. Many parrots are successfully bred under captive conditions that are found to have severe welfare problems.

Flock formation is important for protection against predators, finding partners, defending territory, efficiency in foraging (unstable food resources) and they benefit
of the collective knowledge of the group. Big flocks split up in small foraging groups (exclude competitors).
Flocks have a complex social organisation. Reliable indicators of dominance status have not been determined for most psittacine species.
The flock is very important for social interactions like allopreening, allofeeding, maintenance of close proximity, pair bonding and reproductive behaviors. […]