Cage Dimensions for All Companion Birds


All dimensions are for a single bird unless otherwise noted. * denotes the bird needs a flight cage, preferably longer than tall.

African Greys (Timneh and Congo)
Bar spacing: 3/4" to 1"
Min. cage dimensions: 30"x24"x24"

Alexandrine Parakeets
Bar Spacing: 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 36"x24"x36"

Black Cap Conures
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 18"x18"x18"

Black Headed Caiques
Bar Spacing: 5/8" to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 18"x18"x18"

Blue Crown Conures
Bar Spacing: 5/8" to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x20"x20"

Blue and Gold Macaws
Bar Spacing: 1" to 1 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 48" x 36" x 36"

Blue Fronted Amazon
Bar Spacing: 3/4" to 1"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x24"x24"

Brown Throat Conures
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x18"x18"

Budgerigars
Bar spacing: up to 5/8"
Min. cage dimensions: 18"x18"x18"

Canaries
Bar spacing: 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 14"x14"x14"*

Cherry head Conures
Bar Spacing: 5/8" to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x24"x24"

Citron Crested Cockatoos
Bar Spacing: 3/4" to 1 1/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 36"x24"x36"

Cockatiels
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 18"x18"x18"

Diamond Doves (a pair)
Bar Spacing: up to 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x18"x18"

Double Yellow-Headed Amazons
Bar Spacing: 3/4" to 1"
Min. cage dimensions: 36"x24"x24"

Dusky Conures
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x18"x18"

Dusky Pionus
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x18"x18"

Eleanora Cockatoos
Bar Spacing: 3/4" to 1 1/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 36"x24"x24"

Finches (in general, a pair)
Bar Spacing: 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 14"x14"x14"*
You could also have a 16"x12"x12"

Goffin's Cockatoos
Bar Spacing: 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 36"x24"x24"

Gold Cap Conures
Bar Spacing: 5/8" to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x18"x18"
Gouldian Finches (pair)
Bar Spacing: up to 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 16"x12"x12"*

Greater Jardines
Bar Spacing: 3/4" to 1"
Min. cage dimensions: 36"x24"x24"

Greater Sulphur Crested Cockatoos
Bar Spacing: 1" to 1 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 36"x36"x36"

Green Cheeked Conures
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 18"x18"x18"

Greenwing Macaws
Bar Spacing: 1 1/2"
Min. Cage dimensions: 36" x 24" x 24"

Hahn's Macaws
Bar Spacing: 5/8" to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x24"x24"

Half moon Conures
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x18"x18"

Hyacinth Macaws
Bar Spacing: 1 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 48" x 36" x 36", or 60" x 48" x 48" for larger Hyacinths

Indian Ringneck
Bar Spacing: 1/2" to 5/8"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x20"x20"

Java Rice Finches/Java Sparrows (pair)
Bar Spacing: up to 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 18"x12"x12"*

Jenday Conures
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x18"x18"

Lesser Jardines
Bar Spacing: 3/4" to 1"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x24"x24"

Lesser Sulphur Crested Cockatoos
Bar Spacing: 3/4" to 1"
Min. cage dimensions: 36"x24"x36"

Lovebirds
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 18"x18"x18"

Maroon Bellied Conures
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 18"x18"x18"

Maximillian Pionus
Bar Spacing: 3/4" to 1"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x24"x24"

Mealy Amazons
Bar Spacing: 3/4" to 1"
Min. cage dimensions: 36"x30"x30"

Meyer's Parrots
Bar Spacing: to 5/8"
Min. cage dimensions: 18"x18"x18"

Mitred Conures
Bar Spacing: 5/8" to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x24"x24"

Moluccan Cockatoos
Bar Spacing: 1 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 48"x36"x36"

Nanday Conures
Bar Spacing: 5/8" to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x18"x18"

Owl Finches (pair)
Bar Spacing: up to 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 16"x12"x12"*

Painted Conures
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 18"x18"x18"

Parrotlets
Bar Spacing: up to 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 18"x18"x18"

Patagonian Conures
Bar Spacing: 3/4" to 1"
Min. cage dimensions: 36"x24"x24"

Peach Front Conures
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x18"x18"

Pionus
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x24"x24"

Ringneck Doves (pair)
Bar Spacing: up to 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x24"x24"

Rose Breasted Cockatoos
Bar Spacing: 3/4" to 1"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x24"x24"

Senegals
Bar Spacing: 5/8" to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 20"x20"x20"

Society Finches (pair)
Bar Spacing: up to 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 16"x12"x12"*

Solomon Island Eclectus
Bar Spacing: 3/4" to 1"
Min. cage dimensions: 36"x36"x24"

Star Finches (pair)
Bar Spacing: up to 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 16"x12"x12"*

Sun Conures
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x18"x18"

Triton Cockatoos
Bar Spacing: 1" to 1 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 36"x36"x36"

Umbrella Cockatoos
Bar Spacing: 1" to 1 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 36"x24"x36"

White Cap Pionus
Bar Spacing: up to 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x18"x18"

White-Fronted Amazons
Bar Spacing: 3/4"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x20"x20"

Yellow Fronted/Crowned Amazons
Bar Spacing: 3/4" to 1"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x24"x24"

Yellow Naped Amazons
Bar Spacing: 3/4" to 1"
Min. cage dimensions: 24"x20"x20"

Zebra Finches (pair)
Bar Spacing: up to 1/2"
Min. cage dimensions: 16"x12"x12"*



Most of this information was taken from the Colorado Department of Agriculture's Laws concerning Aviaries. The rest is based upon breeder recommendation as the minimum size requirement for each bird. Buy the largest cage you can afford, not the minimum sized one!