10:Birds Flashcards
Species of song birds
Passerines
Species of birds w hooked beaks (eat lots of seeds)
Psittacines
Birds need large amounts of this for flight
CO2
Slit in roof of mouth which cleans, warms and humidifies air
Choana
Thin walled balloon-like O2 storage areas thro body
Air sacs
Food storage prior to digestion
Crop
What is the proventriculus
True glandular stomach
Grinds food, muscular
Gizzard/ ventriculus
Where the digestive tract and reproductive tract converge
Cloaca
Opening from cloaca out of the body
Vent
Only the (left/right) ovary and oviduct are functional
Left
This is ovulated from the ovary
Yolk
The egg white that is secreted
Albumen
The shell gland that secretes egg shell and pigment is located where
Uterus
Transit time for egg laying
24 hrs
Pasty white waste from kidneys
Urates
Normal feces color
Dark-green (worm like)
How many eliminations a day normally
25-30
Rule of thumb: a bird that appears ill is …
Seriously ill
What to tell the owner before bringing the bird in
Don’t clean cage, remove water, bring a sample of food
Use gloves only when handling
Birds of prey
Most effective weapons of pet birds
Beak/bill
Primary goal of restraining raptors
Restrain talons
This device is used to hold open beak
Avian speculum
Area dorsal to bill where nostrils are located
Cere
Breast bone
Keel
Can you determine bird sex by external genitalia
No, they don’t have external genitalia
What sexually dimorphic mean
Have external characteristics to distinguish sex (ex different colored plumage)
A parakeet w a blue cere is (male/female)
Male
Heart rate of macaws and canaries
Macaws: 200 bpm
Canaries: 500-880
What causes psittacosis
Chlamydia psittaci
Signs of psittacosis
Chronic URI w exudates, fever, green watery diarrhea, may be asymptomatic
Why clip wings
Reduces flying ability, decreases dominance
