Are green cheek conures good for apartment living?

I'm in a downtown Toronto condo with fairly thin walls. I've fallen in love with green cheek conures but I'm terrified of noise complaints. Are GCCs actually apartment-friendly or is that wishful thinking?

As the guy with the LOUD sun conure — yes, get the green cheek for a condo, not a sun. GCCs have a 'chuckle' more than a scream. Mine's cousin has a GCC in an apartment with zero complaints.

Green cheeks are genuinely one of the better apartment parrots. They're playful and a bit chatty but nowhere near sun conure / aratinga volume. You'll be fine with considerate neighbours.

Green cheeks are a great condo choice! They're among the quietest of the conures — expressive and busy, but their contact calls are short and relatively low-volume compared to sun or jenday conures.

For apartment success: give them lots of foraging/out-of-cage time (a bored conure is a loud conure), and avoid leaving them alone for very long stretches. Pineapple and turquoise mutations are the same volume as normal green cheeks — colour doesn't affect noise.

We compare the best low-noise species in our guide to the best parrots for apartment living, and there's a full green cheek / conure care guide here. If you'd rather adopt than buy, conures do come up on our rehoming portal from time to time.