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Birds - types Flashcards

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Canary:

  1. order
  2. weight
  3. Life expectancy
  4. types
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  1. Passeriformes
  2. 20 g
  3. 9-10 years
  4. Frilled, gloucester, crester
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Finches

  1. order
  2. Popular types
  3. weight
  4. lifespan
  5. behaviour
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  1. Passeriformes
  2. Zebra, Gouldian, Society (sparrow like)
  3. 15-30 g
  4. 5-10 years
  5. Very sociable, should be kept in pairs or small flocks
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Budgerigar (parakeet)

  1. order
  2. behaviour
  3. weight
  4. life expectancy
  5. how to sex
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  1. Psittacine
  2. OFten quite sociable and can talk.
    Best kept in pairs and colonies so advise this. But more sociable without as transfer this onto owner
  3. 35-55g
  4. up to 10 years
  5. Easy to sex – ceres (waxy structure at base (top) of beak.
    - Females have brown/tan ceres
    - Males have pale blue to blue ceres
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Cockatiels:

  1. Order
  2. Weight
  3. Life expectancy
  4. Behaviour
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  1. Psittacine
  2. 70-120 g
  3. up to 20 years
  4. Sociable- best kept in pairs or flocks. Males can fight
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NAme different species of LARGE parrot

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  1. and 2. SOUTH AMERICA: Macaw, Amazon
  2. AFRICA: West African grey
  3. AUSTRALASIA: Cockatoo
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Talk about large parrots

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  1. Macaw, AMazon, West African GRey, Cockatoo
  2. All endangered
  3. Illegal to import
  4. 30-50 years
  5. VALUABLE -
    - Young tame African grey £500
    - Macaw £1500
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Macaw

  1. Order
  2. Price
  3. Behaviour
  4. Colours
  5. Weight
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  1. Order - Psittaciformes
  2. Price - £1,500 - 1,700
  3. Behaviour - best kept in pairs, lot of interaction, destructive if not. Need space, time and attention
  4. Colours - blue and gold, scarlet and green winged
  5. Weight - 800g - 1200 g, 35 inch
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The amazon:

  1. order:
  2. price
  3. weight
  4. behaviour
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  1. Order - Psittaciformes
  2. £500-700
  3. 400-600g
    12-14 inches
  4. Good pets, can be kept singly, good talkers
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The West African Grey:

  1. order:
  2. price
  3. weight
  4. behaviour
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  1. Order - Psittaciformes
  2. £1,500- £2000
    Grey with bright red rail
  3. 400-600 g
    12-14 inches
  4.  Best talkers, most commonly kept, can be kept singly, appreciate company
     Can be 1 person parrot – get depressed if their person doesn’t show up/ gives them away
     Relatively good talkers, if start early enough
     Can be destructive and needy if don’t get attention they need
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Cockatoo

  1. order:
  2. weight
  3. behaviour
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    1. Order - Psittaciformes
  2. 800-1,000 g
    15-20 inch
  3. Very affectionate, intelligent
    - Can have behavioural problems
    - Affectionate
    - Can be taught to talk
    - Can be destructive if don’t get attention they need
    - Quite needy
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How to pick up small birds

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 Use bare hands or very fine cloth
 Allows you to assess grip – easy to suffocate
 Wrap wings (this can be with your hand, or a cloth)
 Restrain head by holding gently round neck with 1st and 2nd fingers
 no pressure on the chest

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Large birds holding

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 Hold wings to prevent flapping
 Restrain head (gently round neck and under lower beak) to prevent biting
 Hold legs with other hand above claws

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Poisonous/ harmful foods

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  1. AVOCADO - toxin persin can cause sudden death
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Why is it important to hold birds correctly?

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  1. You can seriously damage a bird

2. Lack of functional diaphragm – pressure to chest can damage bird

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Handling and restraint tips in practise

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 Get rid of the owners
 No really, just do it – so as not to affect relationship between owner and parrot
 Quiet darkened room
 Have gear ready before getting the bird out
 Towel for protection (you) and to prevent flapping (the bird, or maybe you?)
 Approach the bird from the back, hand on back of head then over wings
 Move confidently
 Easier with two, especially with large birds

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Ideal cage set up

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  1. Aviary to allow flight
  2. provide enrichment NOT AT EXPENSE OF SPACE
  3. wooden perches are better
  4. Perches varying width to avoid pressure sores
  5. square with horizontal bars if cage NOT circular
  6. Door large enough to accomodate parrot on hand so don’t risk damaging feathers
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Why avoid plastic or sandpaper perch?

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pressure sores (soft tissue on feet) – if sit on hard perch for long periods of time

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Why square with horizontal bar cage?

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  1. circular, bars get smaller at top, bird can get beak or feet stuck
  2. Round can cause psychological stress
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Where should your bird cage be located?

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  1. Eye level in busy part of house
  2. NOT kitchen as fumes from non stick pans are toxic
  3. no draughts
  4. dim light on at night to allow it to see, reduces risk of panic and damage to feathers and/ or limbs
  5. humidity - esp if tropical species
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Bird breeding

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 Illegal to import wild caught parrots
 Should all be captive bred
 SPECIALIST SUBJECT, best left to specialist avian vet!
 In the wild, females would not lay unless they had
 Suitable nesting site
 A mate
 Correct environmental conditions
 Occasionally laying in captivity triggered by environmental/husbandry factors in the absence of a mate – worth checking husbandry

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Nutrition for passerines

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 Illegal to import wild caught parrots
 Should all be captive bred
 SPECIALIST SUBJECT, best left to specialist avian vet!
 In the wild, females would not lay unless they had
 Suitable nesting site
 A mate
 Correct environmental conditions
 Occasionally laying in captivity triggered by environmental/husbandry factors in the absence of a mate – worth checking husbandry

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Nutrition for Psittacines

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 Eat wide variety of foods in the wild
 Fruits, nuts, berries, seeds, flowers and even small mammals!!
 Many dietary problems seen in captive parrot species
 Selective eating
 ‘Seed junkies’
 Overeating due to boredom
 MALNUTRION COMMON
 Commercial diets available but poorly balanced and birds often selectively feed

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Additional Requirements

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	Water
	Fresh/clean at all times
	Change regularly – if its mucky they won’t use it
	Mineral/vitamin supplements
	Best added to soft foods
	Grit
	Passerines, not psittacines

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