141 Safe Foods for Pet Birds: The Ultimate 2025 Guide

There are many fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and herbs that can be incredibly beneficial to your birdโ€™s health. Adding a variety of safe, fresh foods to their diet not only supports a more balanced nutritional intake but can also help provide important vitamins and minerals that may be missing from their everyday diet.

To make it easier, weโ€™ve created the Ultimate Safe Foods Guide to help you confidently provide your bird with only safe, nutritious options.


  • Apples - Excluding the Seeds
  • Almonds
  • Alfalfa Sproutsย 
  • Artichoke
  • Apricot
  • Beetroot - Including Leaves
  • Beans
  • Basil
  • Bok Choy
  • Broccoli
  • Brussel Sprouts
  • Brazil Nuts
  • Barley Seeds
  • Buckwheat Seeds
  • Banana
  • Blood Orange
  • Blackberries
  • Blueberries
  • Boysenberry
  • Bunya Pine Nuts
  • Butternut Squash
  • Cherries
  • Chillies
  • Chickpea
  • Coconuts
  • Canola Seedsย 
  • Cucumber
  • Custard Apple
  • Capsicums - All Colours
  • Carrots and Carrot Tops
  • Cauliflower - Including Leaves
  • Celery - Including Leaves
  • Chicory Leaves
  • Corn
  • Chamomile
  • Cashews
  • Canary Seeds
  • Chia Seeds
  • Cranberry

  • Dates
  • Desert Limeย 
  • Dragon Fruit
  • Durian
  • Dill
  • Dandelions

  • Endive

  • Ferijoa Figs
  • Figs
  • Finger Limes
  • Fennel
  • Flax Seeds

  • Goji Berries
  • Goose Berries
  • Grapes
  • Grapefruit - Red, White and Pink
  • Guava
  • Ginger Root
  • Grey Sunflower Seeds
  • Gum Nuts

  • Hemp Seeds
  • Hulled Oats
  • Hazelnuts (Filberts)
  • Honeydew Melon

  • Jaboticaba
  • Jack Fruit
  • Jalapรฑos

  • Kiwi Fruit
  • Kumquats
  • Kale

  • Lemons (Excluding Lorikeet Species)
  • Lime (Excluding Lorikeet Species)
  • Lychee
  • Lentils
  • Linseeds

  • Mandarin
  • Mango
  • Mangosteen
  • Mulberries (White, Red and Black)
  • Macadamia Nuts
  • Millet (Red, White and Yellow)

  • Nashi Pear
  • Nectarine

  • Okra
  • Oranges - Excluding Lorikeet Species
  • Oregano

  • Papaya
  • Passion Fruit
  • Peach - Excluding the Seed
  • Pear
  • Persimmon
  • Pineapple
  • Plum
  • Pomegranate
  • Panicum - Type of Millet
  • Red Panicum - Type of Millet
  • Panorama - Type of Millet
  • Parsnips
  • Parsley
  • Pumpkin - Including Seeds
  • Peanuts
  • Pecans
  • Pine Nuts
  • Pistachios
  • Pepita Seedsย 

  • Quandongย 
  • Quince
  • Quinoa Seeds (Soaked First)

  • Raspberry
  • Radicchio
  • Radish - Including Leaves
  • Rice - White or Brown (Cooked Only)
  • Rocket (Arugula)
  • Rose Apple
  • Rock Melon (Cantaloupe)

  • Strawberry
  • Salak (Snake Fruit)
  • Sapote Fruit
  • Soursop
  • Star Fruit
  • Shirohie Millet
  • Silverbeet
  • Spinach
  • Sugar Snap Peas
  • Sweet Potato
  • Safflower Seeds
  • Sorghum
  • Seasame Seeds

  • Turnips - Including Leaves
  • Taro
  • Thyme
  • Tamarillo
  • Tangerine
  • Tangelo
  • Tamarind
  • Tomatoesย 

  • Watermelon
  • Watercress
  • Walnuts
  • Wheat

  • Young Berry

  • Zucchini
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