Bird pair vs. bird couple

[Untaught1988]

Hi,

I have four parrots. Two females and two males. I put them in two different cages to pair them. When they start liking each other, they feed each other and after a few days they start mating and laying eggs. Is the word pair correct? If it is correct, I want to write the below sentence as a title.

Signs of a confirmed parrot pair

[Torsten]

I think ‘a parrot couple’ or ‘bird couple’ is more appropriate here.

[Untaught1988]

Thank you.

So,

Is “Signs of a confirmed parrot couple” correct?

[Torsten]

The question is how you define ‘comfirmed couple’ and what signs you are referring to. Maybe it’s better to simply say ‘it looks like we two of the parrots of have coupled’ or ‘it seems as if we have a parrot couple’.

[Untaught1988]

I will write it as the title of a video. In the video, the parrots are feeding each other which is a sign that they are couple now. So, can I use “Signs of a confirmed parrot couple” or should I use it without “confirmed”?

[Torsten]

So you want to use the phrase as the title of a video? In this case you can write ‘How to tell when two parrots become a couple?’ for example.

[Untaught1988]

Not “Signs of a parrot couple”?

[Torsten]

I guess it would work although there are probably better alternatives.

[Alan]

For me ‘couple’ usually indicates a human couple as in a ‘married couple’ ‘elderly couple ‘ ‘young couple’ and so on. I think you should stick to ‘pair’ when describing birds - perhaps - breeding pair or established pair.

Alan