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|  Eclectus BooksThese birds make wonderful, affectionate pets, and will learn to talk. They are gentle and mild-mannered, and somewhat shyer than other parrots their size. When they feel comfortable, they are playful, friendly, and easy to tame. Eclectus love to climb and should be provided with sturdy branches in their cage. Unlike most larger parrots, they are not destructive and do not usually engage in regular periods of screaming. Males are gentler, easier to tame, and make the best talkers. Females are more dominant, and some become bossy and nippy at maturity.
As both sexes are totally different in color (sexually dimorphic) it was thought for a long time that they were two species, until Dr. A. B. Meiljer of the National Museum of Natural History discovered in 1874 that the males are green and females red. It is also said that eclectus were once worshipped as sacred birds because of their gaudy colors.
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