What is the typical size and weight of the most common pet Eclectus species?
The Eclectus is a medium size parrot with a wingspan of two to two and half feet. The length of the commonly available Eclectus subspecies ranges between twelve to fourteen and half inches. In my opinion, weight “ranges” are not useful because the ranges of the various subspecies overlap each other. Partly because of cross breeding between subspecies, there are large Solomon Island specimen that weigh as much as small Grands and Red sided specimen. Therefore, the ranges are less than helpful, if not meaningless, in my opinion. Generally speaking, of the commonly available subspecies, the Solomon Island Eclectus is the smallest and the Vosmaeri Eclectus is the largest but otherwise, weight “ranges” can cause new Eclectus owners to worry when their Eclectus does not fit the “average” description, which often is equated with “normal”. Even the generalization that the Solomon Island Eclectus is the smallest and the Vosmaeri Eclectus is the largest of the commonly available subspecies can b
