Birds are calorie furnaces, and on an inadequate diet they will quickly develop malnutrition and a compromised health status. The alternative to seed diets is offering a balanced diet of table foods. Foods that are healthy for you are also healthy for your bird. A balanced diet provides some of each of the four major food groups. You can still offer seeds, but they should make up no more than 50 percent of your bird's total diet.
Meat also provides a good protein source.
You may substitute beans and legumes for meat as excellent protein sources. Avoid feeding your bird any foods high in fat. Avocados are toxic to pet birds. Many owners object to changing their birds' diets because they have offered a variety of foods only to have them ignored or refused by their pets. Birds are creatures of habit and are highly suspicious of new foods.