What bird would you want?

Ram, you crack me up!!!
Now come on, I think men are more into choosing women based on looks, than the other way around! Well, okay, both sexes are guilty of that, I'm sure!
The African Greys are well known for their superior intelligence in the parrot world. But the Eclectus birds are supposed to rival that - they're just not as widely known or kept. However, I have found our little Quaker to be incredibly smart though to the point of it being almost beyond belief. The Quaker is much smarter than our Eclectus, but the ekkie is hilarious, a real goofball and a tease. He'll get the Quaker going, all upset and agitated from the ekkie teasing it, then the ekkie will tell the Quaker, "NO! No! NO," when it's screaming and carrying on. Such a brat!

The female ekkie gets violent when they become mature. Even the males are afraid of them and will try to stay out of their way, out of their reach, until they get in a better mood.

Here's a nice pic of the female and male Eclectus. The green is the male, like the one we have. The girls are so strikingly pretty though, aren't they?