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For the film, see The Birdcage; for the Maserati race car, see Maserati Tipo 61.
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A cage designed for medium-large parrots, with a playtop.


A birdcage (or bird cage) is a cage designed to house birds as pets.

Pet birds face numerous challenges in captivity. Most birds fly, which puts them at risk of impacting ceiling fans, stoves, and other hazards. Even birds with their wings clipped may eat hazardous substances, chew on cords, or gnaw at furniture. As many pet birds are not domesticated and still retain their natural instincts, they sometimes can be unpredictable. Their small size makes housing them in cages a convenient solution to these problems.

Some people find housing birds in cages to be cruel. In general, the larger and the more active the bird, the larger the cage one should use. Some birds have special requirements. Parrots tend to gnaw on cages, and macaws are known to bite through metal. Amazons prefer horizontal bars, as they like to climb. Messy eaters should have a seed skirt to catch food. Breeding may require nesting boxes. Smart birds, like psitticines and corvines, need secure latching mechanisms to prevent them from figuring them out, and often require toys and/or playstands to keep them entertained.

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Pet parrots in their cages in Cuba


While small cages are relatively cheap, large, parrot-sized cages can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. The materials used to build the cages has a lot to do with the price level. Most cages are made or wrought iron and painted with a non-toxic paint referred to as powder-coating. However, the newest trend in the market is cages made of solid stainless steel. Large parrot cages made of stainless steel can cost thousands of dollars and will actually outlive a powder-coated cage by 5 to 6 times.

The cage of a bird should have vertical bars, and should be wide enough for the bird to stretch its wings. The bars should be spaced so that curious birds, such as the parakeet, cannot stick its head out of the cage and have it stuck. The cage should also be non-chip paint, because birds tend to gnaw at the cage, and if the paint is consumed, they can die from poisoning.

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The Birdcage is a 1996 comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria and Christine Baranski. The script was written by Elaine May.
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Maserati Tipo 61 (commonly referred to as the Maserati Birdcage) is one of the best known sports racing cars of the early 1960s. The car was produced between 1959 and 1961 by Maserati for racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance classic.
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cage is an enclosure made of mesh, bars or wires, used to confine, contain or protect something or someone. A cage is traditionally use to confine animals as pets, as meat, or in zoos.

See also

  • Hutch (animal cage)
  • Birdcage
  • Cage (BDSM)
  • Gibbet

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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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PET may mean:
  • Politiets Efterretningstjeneste, the Danish Security Intelligence Service
  • Pierre Elliot Trudeau, a Canadian Prime Minister

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A ceiling fan is a device suspended from the ceiling of a room, which employs hub-mounted rotating paddles to circulate air in order to produce a cooling or destratification effect.

History

The first ceiling fans appeared in the 1860s and 1870s, in the United States.
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For cooking stoves, see .
“Stove Top” redirects here. For the brand of stuffing, see Stove Top stuffing.

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Domestication refers to the process whereby a population of animals or plants becomes accustomed to human provision and control. Humans have brought these populations under their care for a wide range of reasons: to produce food or valuable commodities (such as wool, cotton, or
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Psittaciformes
Wagler, 1830

Systematics

(but see below)

Family Cacatuidae (cockatoos)
  • Subfamily Microglossinae (Palm Cockatoo)
  • Subfamily Calyptorhynchinae (dark cockatoos)
  • Subfamily Cacatuinae (white cockatoos)

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Ara
Anodorhynchus
Cyanopsitta
Primolius
Orthopsittaca
Diopsittaca

Macaws are large colourful New World parrots, classified into six of the many Psittacidae genera: Ara
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Amazona
Lesson, 1830

Species

Many, see text.[1]

An Amazon parrot is a large parrot of the genus Amazona native to the New World ranging from South America to Mexico and the Caribbean.
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Corvus
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

See text.
The true crows are large passerine birds that comprise the genus Corvus. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-sized jackdaws (Eurasian and Daurian) to the Common Raven of the
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An aviary is a large enclosure for confining birds. Unlike cages, aviaries allow birds a larger living space in which to fly and simulate a natural environment. Large aviaries are often found in the setting of a zoological garden.
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