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