I have no freaking clue on anything about parrots other than the fact that they appear in pirate movies/stories and they can fly.



"The suits are divided by species - cockatoos for the hearts, lories and lorikeets for the diamonds, conures for the clubs, and macaws for the spades. Together, they represent four diverse families in the Psittacine order. The two jokers will be represented by the budgerigar, the most widely kept pet parrot in the world, and the comical white bellied caique."



I have no idea what she is saying here, but i like the fact that the suits are divided by species rather than simply throwing different parrot faces onto random cards. But it would be nicer if she could include the names of each species. I mean, cockatoos is just a general name for a family of species right?I don't know, like there will be "Indian cockatoo" or "Pirate cockatoo"?(i'm clearly making names up, but you guys get the idea).



Just 2 things about this deck i don't like. 1) is the indices seem a little hard to see on certain cards. 2) I really do not like the hand-drawn black background, especially it being so obvious on some cards where it is a little more greyish than black. It creates this black "border" with wavy lines, though most probably intentional, but is really not to my liking. I would rather she have a clean backgound and make the parrot stand out more this way....ok maybe 3 things. 3) i really prefer decks that have a "surprise" or at least something different for the joker. Maybe parrot lovers and ornithologist can tell the difference immediately, but to me, it is just another bird head on a card.



The tuck is a...meh~ but i like the back. I don't really care for 1-way or 2-way backs so the 1-way doesn't affect me, but i think the back is very nice and suited for the theme of the deck.