They like to scatter their food all over the room as much as possible
If it is a parrot like an African Grey, they need to have a balanced diet of pellets (you can get from a pet store) and plenty of fruit (apples, oranges, mielies, etc). Sunflower seeds are VERY unhealthy for birds so that can be used as a treat. Smaller parrots/parakeets mainly have seed diets and your pet store will be able to recommend a food for them. :)
Foods are listed as fruit/vegetable only. Any safe plant parts will be noted (e.g. "Carrots and carrot greens").
Common Foods for your Bird
Vegetables:
(veggies should be what your bird gets the most of; feed leafy greens in moderation at first to avoid diarrhea)
Artichoke
Arugula
Asparagus
Beets and beet greens
Bok Choy
Broccoli
Brussel Sprouts
Cabbage (both red and green)
Carrots and carrot greens
Cauliflower
Celery
Chard
Chickweed
Chicory
Chinese Cabbage
Cucumber
Dandelion Greens
Edamame (A.K.A. Soybeans; for details on feeding soy: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11668&p=69360#p69360 )
Eggplant
Endive
Fennel
Jicama
Kale
Leeks
Lettuce (Romaine, etc. - darker is better)
Mustard Greens
Okra
Peas/Snap Peas/String Beans/Snow Peas
Peppers (all kinds and colours)
Purslane
Radicchio
Radish
Spinach
Sweet Potato/Yam (cooked/parboiled)
Swiss Chard
Squash (all kinds including pumpkin and zucchini)
Tomatoes (fed in moderation, some concern about the acidity)
Turnips and turnip greens
Watercress
Wheat Grass
Fruits:
(your bird should get more veggies than fruits; remove pits/seeds from fruits you don't eat the seeds of like apples, peaches, etc.)
Apples (no seed)
Apricots (no seed)
Banana
Blackberries
Blueberries
Boysenberries
Cactus Fruit (A.K.A. Prickly Pear, Opuntia, Cactus Fig, Indian Fig, or Tuna [in Spanish])
Carambola (A.K.A. starfruit)
Cherries (no seed)
Coconut (feed sparingly due to fat content)
Cranberries
Currants
Custard Apple
Dates
Dragon Fruit
Feijoa (A.K.A. Pineapple Guava)
Figs
Gogi Berries
Gooseberries
Guava
Grapefruit
Grapes
Hawthorn
Hedge Apples (A.K.A. Osage Orange)
Horned Melon (A.K.A. African Cucumber or Kiwana)
Kiwi Fruit
Lemon
Lime
Longan
Lychee
Mango (no seed)
Melon (cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew)
Mulberries
Nectarine (no seed)
Olive (fresh)
Oranges
Papaya
Passion Fruit
Pawpaw (cooked; uncooked may be gastrointestinal irritant)
Peach (no seed)
Pear (no seed)
Persimmon (must be fully ripe, unripened can be toxic)
Pineapple
Plum (no seed)
Pomegranate
Pomelo
Quince
Raspberries
Rose Hips
Rowan Berries
Schizandra Berries
Strawberries
Tamarillo
Tangerine
Grains:
(fed in very small amounts)
Brown Rice (when fed with cooked beans, makes complete protein)
Buckwheat
Corn (frozen/fresh/dried/cooked: whole kernel, on the cob, plumped, popped, cracked)
Hemp
Oat Groat/Hulled Oat
Oatmeal
Pasta
Pearl Barley
Quinoa
Proteins/Other:
Beans (soaked overnight, rinsed thoroughly, and cooked) chick peas/garbanzo beans, broad beans, runner beans, mung beans, lentils (brown, green and red), adzuki beans, etc. (many bird owners just buy a 5/7/10/15 bean mix and cook small amounts as needed)
Chicken (cooked, many parrots will break open the bones for marrow)
Eggs (cooked through/hard boiled with or without shell which adds calcium)
Egg Food
Herbs
Nuts (almonds, walnuts, acorns, pecans, hazel, macadamia, pine...)
Peanuts (more in depth info on peanut safety viewtopic.php?f=13&t=11110)
Seeds (typical birdseeds- GOOD for your bird!)
Spices
Sprouts (most nutritious as soon as the emerging sprout pokes through)
Yoghurt
Depends, what type of parrot are we talking?
Seeds or fruits like strawberries mango blueberries...
veggies like carrots ...
nuts
NOT TO GIVE THEM
chocolate coffee avocado !
Hope this info helps you!!!
