page_title: Pet
section_title: Birds
hierarchical_section_title: Pet / Types / Domesticated / Birds
caption_attribution_description: English: Domestic Rooster (Gallus gallus domesticus), "Deutsches Lachshuhn", Chemnitz, Germany Deutsch: Hahn des Deutschen Lachshuhnes (Gallus gallus domesticus), Chemnitz, Deutschland
context_page_description: A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock or a laboratory animal. Popular pets are often considered to have attractive appearances, intelligence and relatable personalities, but some pets may be taken in on an altruistic basis and accepted by the owner regardless of these characteristics.
  Two of the most popular pets are dogs and cats; the technical term for a cat lover is an ailurophile and a dog lover a cynophile. Other animals commonly kept include: rabbits; ferrets; pigs; rodents, such as gerbils, hamsters, chinchillas, rats, mice, and guinea pigs; avian pets, such as parrots, passerines and fowls; reptile pets, such as turtles, alligators, crocodiles, lizards, and snakes; aquatic pets, such as fish, freshwater and saltwater snails, amphibians like frogs and salamanders; and arthropod pets, such as tarantulas and hermit crabs. Small pets may be grouped together as pocket pets, while the equine and bovine group include the largest companion animals.
  Pets provide their owners both physical and emotional benefits.
context_section_description: Companion parrots, like the budgie and cockatiel.
  Fowl, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and quails
  Columbines
  Passerines, namely finches and canaries
caption: A chicken
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