Incubation Period and Clutch Size for Parrot Species

Following is a table of various parrot species, their scientific names, clutch size and incubation period. This is meant to be a guide for breeders. The incubation day count begins from the day proper incubation is started by the birds or in the incubator and not from the day the egg was laid. Always check eggs via candling before discarding.

Species	Scientific Name	Clutch Size	Incubation Period
Adelaide Rosella	Platycercus adelaidae	4 - 7 eggs	21 days
African Grey Parrots	Psittacus erithacus erithacus	3 - 4 eggs	28 days
Alexandrine Parakeet	Psittacula Eupatria	2 - 4 Eggs	28 Days
Amboina King Parakeets	Alisterus amboinensis	3 eggs	21 days
Antipodes Green Parrot or Antipodes Island Parakeet	Cyanoramphus unicolor	2 - 6 eggs	26 days
Bare-eyed Cockatoo or Little Corella	Cacatua sanguinea: normantomi, sanguinea)	2 - 3 eggs	21 - 27 days
Barraband's Parrot or Orange-cheeked Parrot	Pionopsitta barrabandi	4 - 6 eggs	20 days
Barred Parakeets	Bolborhynchus lineola	3 - 6 eggs	18 - 20 days
Black-Headed Caiques	Pionites Melanocephala Melanocephala / Pionites Melanocephalus	3 Eggs	25 - 27 Days
Blossom-Headed Parakeets	Psittacula Roseata	4 - 6 Eggs	22 - 24 Days
Blue And Gold Macaws		2 - 3 Eggs	25 - 29 Days
Blue fronted Amazons	Amazona aestiva aestiva	3 - 4 eggs	26 - 28 days
Blue-bellied Parrots / Purple-bellied Parrots / Purple-breasted Parrots	Triclaria malachitacea	3 - 5 eggs	25 - 30 days
Blue-eyed Cockatoo	Cacatua ophthalmica)	2 eggs	30 days
Blue-headed Pionus or Red-vented Parrot	Pionus menstruus	3 - 5 eggs	24 - 26 days
Blue-naped Parrot aka Luzon Parrot or Philippine Green Parrots	Tanygnathus lucionensis lucionensis	2 - 3 eggs	25 days
Blue-rumped Parrots	Psittinus cyanurus	3 - 5 eggs	26 days
Blue-Throated Macaw Aka Caninde Macaw Or Wagler's Macaw		1 - 4 Eggs	24 - 27 Days
Bodin's or Bodinus' Amazons	Amazona festiva bodina	3 eggs	28 days
Bronze-winged Pionus / Parrots	Pionus chalcopterus	3 - 4 eggs	27 days
Brown-Headed Parrot	Poicephalus Cryptoxanthus	2 - 4 Eggs	26 Days
Budgerigar	Melopsittacus undulatus	4 - 8 eggs	18 days
Buffon’s Macaws		2 - 4 Eggs	25 - 27 Days
Canary-Winged Parakeet	Brotogeris Versicolorus	3 - 6 Eggs	23 - 26 Days
Carnaby's White-tailed Black Cockatoos	Sub-Species / Races Including Nominate: baudinii, tenuirostris, funereus, xanthonotus ... White-eared Cockatoos	1 - 2 eggs	28 - 30 days
Cloncurry Parrots	Platycercus barnardi macgillivrayi	4 eggs	20 - 21 days
Cockatiels	Nymphicus hollandicus	4 - 7 eggs	18 - 21 days
Crimson Rosella	Platycercus elegans	4 - 7 eggs	20 - 21 days
Cuban Amazons	Amazona leucocephala leucocephala	3 - 5 eggs	24 - 28 days
Culebra Island Amazons	Amazona vittata gracilipes	2 - 4 eggs	25 - 27 days
Derbyan Parakeets	Psittacula Derbiana	2 - 4 Eggs	23 - 28 Days
Dominican Amazons or Red-necked Amazon Parrots	Amazona arausiaca	1 - 3 eggs	28 days
Double-yellow Heads or Mexican Double Yellow-head Amazons	Amazona ocrocephala oratrix	2 - 4 eggs	26 - 28 days
Ducorp's Cockatoos	Cacatua ducorpsii	2 - 4 eggs	26 - 28 days
Dusky Parrot	Pionus fuscus	3 - 5 eggs	24 - 26 days
Eastern Rosella	Platycercus eximius	4 - 9 eggs	18 - 21 days
Emerald-Collared Parakeets	Psittacula Calthorpae	3 - 4 Eggs	23 Days
Equador Amazons or Lesson's Amazons	Amazona autumnalis lilacina	3 eggs	26 days
Festive Amazons	Amazona festiva festiva	3 eggs	28 days
Finsch's Amazons	Amazona finschi	3 eggs	26 days
Galahs	Eolophus roseicapillus: assimilis, roseicapillus	3 - 6 eggs	20 - 24 days
Gang-gang Cockatoos	Callocephalon fimbriatum	2 - 3 eggs	24 - 28 days
Glossy Cockatoos	Calyptorhynchus lathami	1 egg	~ 29 days
Goffin's Cockatoos	Cacatua goffini	2 - 4 eggs	21 - 26 days
Golden-Winged Parakeet	Brotogeris Chrysopterus	3 - 4 Eggs	24 - 26 Days
Great Billed Parrots	Tanygnathus megalorhynchos	2 eggs	28 days
Greater Vasa Parrots	Coracopsis vasa	2 - 4 eggs	17 days
Green Rosella	Platycercus caledonicus	5 - 9 eggs	21 days
Green-cheeked or Red-crowned Amazons	Amazona viridigenalis	4 eggs	26 - 28 days
Green-Winged Macaws		1 - 3 Eggs	26 - 28 Days
Grey-Cheeked Parakeet	Brotogeris Pyrrhopterus	3 - 6 Eggs	22 - 26 Days
Ground Parrot aka Ground Parakeet	Pezoporos wallicus	3 - 4 eggs	20 - 21 days
Hawk-headed Parrots	Deroptyus accipitrinus accipitrinus	2 - 4 eggs	25 - 28 days
Hispaniolan Amazon Parrots or San Domingo Amazons	Amazona ventralis	3 - 4 eggs	25 - 29 days
Horned Parakeets	Eunymphicus cornutus	2 - 4 eggs	21 - 23 days
Hyacinth Macaws		2 Eggs	26 - 29 Days
Illiger’s Macaws		2 - 4 Eggs	24 - 26 Days
Imperial Amazons	Amazona imperialis	1 - 2 eggs
Indian Ring-Necked Parakeets	Psittacula Krameri Manillensis	3 - 5 Eggs	23 Days
Jardine's Parrots	Poicephalus Gulielmi Gulielmi	3 - 4 Eggs	28 Days
King Parakeet	Alisterus scapularis	3 - 6 eggs	20 days
Kuhl's Cape Parrots Or Brown-Necked Parrots	Poicephalus Robustus Fuscicollis	3 - 4 Eggs	28 - 30 Days
Leadbeater's or Major Mitchell's Cockatoos aka Pink Cockatoo, Cacatua leadbeateri	Cacatua leadbeateri: leadbeateri, mollis	3 - 4 eggs	22 - 26 days
Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoos or Yellow-crested Cockatoos	Cacatua sulphurea: abbotti, citrinocristata, djampeana, occidentalis, parvula, sulphurea	3 - 5 eggs	22 - 27 days
Lesser Vasa Parrots	Coracopsis nigra	2 - 5 eggs	14 days
Lineolated Parakeets	Bolborhynchus lineola	3 - 6 eggs	18 - 20 days
Long-billed Corellas	Cacatua tenuirostris: tenuirostris	2 - 4 eggs	24 - 28 days
Long-Tailed Parakeets	Psittacula Longicauda	2 - 4 Eggs	23 Days
Lovebirds	Agapornis	4 - 6 eggs	22 - 25 days
Malabar Parakeets	Psittacula Columboides	3 - 5 Eggs	23 Days
Mallee Ringneck Parrots or Barnard's Parakeets	Platycercus barnardi barnardi aka Barnardius barnardi barnardi	4 - 6 eggs	20 - 21 days
Maroon-fronted Parrots	Rhynchopsitta terrisi	1 - 3 eggs	24 - 26 days
Masked Shining Parakeets	Prosopeia personata	2 - 4 eggs	24 - 25 days
Maximilian's Parrot	Pionus maximiliani	3 - 5 eggs	24 - 26 days
Mealy Amazons	Amazona farinosa farinosa	3 eggs	24 - 28 days
Meyer's Or Brown Parrots	Poicephalus Meyeri	3 - 4 Eggs	26 Days
Military		2 - 3 Eggs	24 - 26 Days
Moluccan Cockatoos or Salmon-crested Cockatoos	Cacatua moluccensis	2 eggs	28 - 30 days
Mountain Parakeets	Bolborhynchus aurifrons	2 eggs	23 days
Moustached Parakeets	Psittacula Alexandri	2 - 4 Eggs	22 Days
Night Parakeet	Geopsittacus occidentalis	4 - 5 eggs
Northern Rosella	Platycercus venustus	5 - 7 eggs	19 - 21 days
Orange-Chinned Parakeet	Brotogeris Jugularis	4 - 6 Eggs	21 - 26 Days
Orange-winged Amazons	Amazona amazonica amazonica	3 - 5 eggs	25 - 27 days
Pale-headed Rosella	Platycercus adscitus	3 - 5 eggs	22 - 24 days
Pallid Caiques	Pionites Melanocephala Pallida	3 Eggs	25 - 27 Days
Palm Cockatoos	Probosciger aterrimus: aterrimus, goliath, stenolophus	1 egg	28 - 31 days
Panama Yellow-fronted Amazon Parrots or simply Panama Amazons	Amazona ochrocephala panamensis	3 eggs	26 days
Pileated Parrot or Red-capped Parrots	Pionopsitta pileata	3 - 4 eggs	24 - 25 days
Plain Parakeet	Brotogeris Tirica	4 - 6 Eggs	22 - 23 Days
Plum-crowned Parrot or Restless Parrot	Pionus tumultuosus	3 - 5 eggs	24 - 27 days
Plum-Headed Parakeets	Psittacula Cyanocephala	4 - 6 Eggs	19 - 23 Days
Port Lincoln Parrots	Barnardius / Platycercus zonarius	4 - 7 eggs	21 days
Princess Parakeet	Polytelis alexandrae	4 - 7 eggs	20 - 21 days
Quaker or Monk Parrot	Myiopsitta monachus	4 - 8 eggs	24 - 28 days
Red Shining Parrots	Prosopeia tabuensis	2 - 4 eggs	24 - 25 days
Red-Bellied Parrot or Abessinian Parrot Or Orange-Bellied Parrots	Poicephalus Rufiventris	3 Eggs	24 - 26 Days
Red-billed Pionus Parrot aka Sordid Parrot	Pionus sordidus sordidus	3 eggs	26 days
Red-browed Amazons	Amazona rhodocorytha	4 eggs	24 days
Red-capped Parakeet	Purpureicephalus spurius	4 - 6 eggs	20 days
Red-Fronted		1 - 4 Eggs	25 - 27 Days
Red-fronted Parakeet	Cyanoramphus novaezealandia	3 - 9 eggs	20 days
Red-lored Parrots, also known as Primrose-cheeked Amazons	Amazona autumnalis autumnalis	3 eggs	26 days
Red-tailed Amazons	Amazona brasiliensa	2 - 4 eggs	26 - 28 days
Red-tailed Cockatoos	Calyptorhynchus magnificus: macrorhynchus, magnificus, naso, samueli	1 - 3 eggs	28 - 31 days
Red-vented Cockatoos	Cacatua haematuropygia	2 - 4 eggs	24 - 29 days
Red-winged Parakeet	Aprosmictus erythropterus	3 - 6 eggs	21 days
Regent Parakeet	Polytelis anthropeplus	3 - 7 eggs	22 - 23 days
Rose-Ringed Parakeets	Psittacula Krameri	3 - 6 Eggs	23 Days
Rüppel's Parrots	Poicephalus Rueppellii	3 - 4 Eggs	27 Days
Saint Vincent Amazon Parrots or Guilding's Amazons	Amazona guildingi	2 - 3 eggs	25 - 26 days
Salvin's Amazons	Amazona autumnalis salvini	3 eggs	26 days
Scarlet		2 - 4 Eggs	25 - 27 Days
Senegal Parrots	Poicephalus Senegalus	2 - 4 Eggs	27 Days
Severe		2 - 5 Eggs	24 - 26 Days
Short-tailed Parrots	Graydidascalus brachyurus	3 - 4 eggs	24 - 25 days
Sierra Parakeets	Bolborhynchus aymara	4 - 6 eggs	20 - 24 days
Slate-Headed Parakeets	Psittacula Himalayana	4 - 6 Eggs	24 - 25 Days
Slender-billed or Bare-eyed Cockatoo or Little Corella	Cacatua sanguinea: normantomi, sanguinea	2 - 3 eggs	21 - 27 days
Spectacled or White-fronted Amazons	Amazona albifrons albifrons	3 - 4 eggs	24 - 26 days
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos	Cacatua galerita: eleanora, fitzroyi, galerita, triton	2 - 4 eggs	22 - 28 days
Superb Parakeet	Polytelis swainsonii	4 - 6 eggs	20 - 22 days
Swift Parakeet	Lathamus discolor	2 - 5 eggs	20 days
Thick-billed Parrots	Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha	1 - 2 eggs	24 - 28 days
Timneh Parrots	Psittacus erithacus timneh	3 - 4 eggs	28 days
Triton Cockatoo	Cacatua galerita triton aka Cacatua triton	2 - 3 eggs	25 - 27 days
Tucuman Amazons	Amazona tucumana	3 - 4 eggs	23 - 27 days
Tui Parakeet	Brotogeris Sanctithomae	4 - 6 Eggs	21 - 23 Days
Twenty-Eight Parrots	Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus	4 eggs	20 - 21 days
Umbrella Cockatoo or White Cockatoos	Cacatua alba	2 eggs	27 - 29 days
Vinaceous Amazons	Amazona vinacea	2 - 4 eggs	28 days
Western Rosella	Platycercus icterotis	3 - 8 eggs	20 days
White-Bellied Caiques	Pionites Leucogaster Leucogaster	3 Eggs	23 - 27 Days
White-capped Pionus or Massena's Parrot	Pionus senilis	3 - 6 eggs	28 days
White-fronted Amazons	Amazona albifrons albifrons	3 - 4 eggs	24 - 26 days
Yellow Rosella	Platycercus flaveolus	4 - 5 eggs	22 days
Yellow-billed Amazon Parrots or Red-throated Amazons	Amazona collaria	2 - 4 eggs	26 days
Yellow-Collared		3 - 4 Eggs	24 - 26 Days
Yellow-crowned or Yellow-fronted Amazons	Amazona ochrocephala ocrocephala	2 - 3 eggs	26 - 28 days
Yellow-faced Amazons	Amazona xanthops	2 - 4 eggs	26 days
Yellow-fronted or Yellow-crowned Parakeets	Cyanoramphus auriceps	5 - 9 eggs	19 days
Yellow-lored Amazons	Amazona xantholora	3 - 5 eggs	26 days
Yellow-naped Amazons	Amazona ochrocephala auropalliata	2 - 3 eggs	26 - 28 days
Yellow-shouldered Amazons	Amazona barbadensis barbadensis	3 - 4 eggs	26 - 28 days
Yellow-Thighed Caiques	Pionites Leucogaster Xanthomeria	3 Eggs	24 - 27 Days
Yellow-winged Amazons	Amazona aestiva xanthopteryx	3 - 4 eggs	25 days