Some Pet Birdie Factoids You May Not Know

Last Updated on October 6, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Normal Values for a Small Bird

Normal Values for a Large Bird

Impress your friends at the next bird club meeting with these tidbits

Amazon parrots lack a preening or uropygial gland.
African Gray parrots Iris color is black for the first 4 months of age, but changes fully to yellow by 4 years.
The pressure exerted by a large macaw beak can be greater than 350 psi so they can access the meat of walnuts, macadamia nuts, or coconuts,
The edges of the beak squeezing your finger making you go white and break out in a cold sweat are called “tomias”.
Brush-like, papillae-tipped tongues allow lories and lorikeets to eat nectar and pollen. These nectarivores possess a weakly muscled crop, proventriculus, and ventriculus or gizzard.
The Quaker Parrot gets their name from their unusual behavior which looks like they’re quaking and shaking. In reality this head bobbing and shaking behavior is quite normal.

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