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TYPE | SPECIES | Average Weight (grams) | Average Chick Weight (grams) |
AMAZONS | |||
Blue-fronted | 275-510 (xanthopterys goes 400-500) | Â | |
Cuban | 240 | 10 | |
Double Yellow-headed | 450-650 | 15 | |
Green-cheeked | 270 | Â | |
Lilac-crowned | 325 | 11 | |
Mealy | 540-700 | Â | |
Orange-winged | 360-490 | Â | |
Spectacled (White Front) | 205-235 | Â | |
Tres Marias | 500 | Â | |
Tucuman | 320 | Â | |
Red-lored | 350 | Â | |
Yellow-billed | 260 | Â | |
Yellow-fronted | 380-480 | 12 | |
Yellow-naped | 480-680 | Â | |
Yellow-shouldered | 270 | 10 | |
Vinaceous | 370 | Â | |
CAIQUES | |||
Black-headed | 145-170 | 8 | |
White-bellied | 165 | 7 | |
COCKATOOS | |||
Galah | 345 | Â | |
GangGang | 280 | Â | |
Goffin’s | 221-386 | 10 | |
Greater Sulphur-crested | 880 | Â | |
Lesser Sulphur-crested | 350 | Â | |
Moluccan | 640-1025 | 20 | |
Palm | 900 (Adults range from 600-1000) | 18 | |
Rose-breasted | 281-390 | Â | |
Umbrella | 458-750 | 18 | |
CONURE | |||
Blue-crowned | 84-100 | Â | |
Dusky | 90 | Â | |
Greater Patagonian | 315-390 | 12 | |
Green-cheeked | 60-80 | 5 | |
Jenday | 120 | Â | |
Lesser Patagonian | 240-310 | 10 | |
Mitred | 200 | 11 | |
Nanday | 140 | Â | |
Orange-fronted | 73 | Â | |
Painted | 55 | Â | |
Queen of Bavaria’s | 270 | Â | |
Red-masked | 200 | Â | |
Sun | 100-130 | Â | |
Whiteeyed | 140 | Â | |
LORY | |||
Blue-streaked | 160 | Â | |
Chattering | 200 | Â | |
Dusky | 155 | 7 | |
Rainbow | 130 | 5 | |
Red | 170 | Â | |
LOVEBIRD | |||
Fisher’s | 50 | Â | |
Masked | 50 (most females weigh more than males) | Â | |
Peach-faced | 55 | Â | |
MACAW | |||
Blue and Gold | 800-1292 | 20 | |
Green-winged | 900-1529 | 21 | |
Hahn’s | 165 | Â | |
Hyacinthine | 1200-1450 | 25 | |
Illiger’s | 265 | 11 | |
Lear’s | 940 | Â | |
Military | 900 | 18-20 | |
Noble | 190 | Â | |
Red-fronted | 525 | Â | |
Scarlet | 900-1100 | 21 | |
Severe | 360 | Â | |
Spix’s | 360 | Â | |
Yellow-collared | 250 | 12 | |
MISC | |||
African Ringneck | 105 | Â | |
Canary | 12-29 | Â | |
Cockatiel | 90 | 4-5 | |
Eclectus | 375-550 | 16 | |
Indian Ringneck | 115 | Â | |
Kea | 1000 | Â | |
Pacific Parrotlet | 31-34 | Â | |
Red-fronted Kakariki | 100 | Â | |
St. Vincent | 580-700 | Â | |
Zebra Finch | 10-16 | Â | |
PARAKEET | |||
Alexandrine | 250 | Â | |
Barraband’s | 140 | 5 | |
Bourke’s | 50 | Â | |
Budgerigar | 25-60 | Â | |
Canary-winged | 70 | Â | |
Crimson Rosella | 145 | Â | |
Derbyan | 320 | Â | |
Golden-manteled | 100 | Â | |
Grey-cheeked | 45-60 | Â | |
Moustache | 110-140 | Â | |
Plum-headed | 90 | 5 | |
Quaker or Monk | 90-150 | Â | |
Red-rumped | 60 | Â | |
PARROTS | |||
Brown-headed | 125 | Â | |
Cape | 320 | 12 | |
Great-billed | 260 | 13.5 | |
Greater Vasa | 480 | Â | |
Grey | 380-554 | 12-14 | |
Hawk-headed | 250 | 11 | |
Jardine’s | 200 | 10 | |
Lesser Vasa | 280 | Â | |
Meyer’s | 120 | 5 | |
Pesquet’s | 700 | 18 | |
Red-bellied | 125 | 7 | |
Scarlet-chested | 40 | Â | |
Senegal | 110-130 | 6 | |
Timneh Grey | 300-360 | 12 | |
PIONUS | |||
Blue-headed | 230-260 | Â | |
Bronze-winged | 210 | Â | |
Dusky | 200 | 9 | |
White-capped | 180 |
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