Psittacines

Question 1

Psittacine families

Answer 1

Strigopoidae, cacatuoidea, psittacoidea

Question 2

Characteristics of cacatuoidea

Answer 2

Gall bladder, superficial position of left carotid artery, ossified orbital ring in the skull, absence of blue and green, moveable feather crest

Question 3

Psittacines with no uropygial gland

Answer 3

Amazons and hyacinth

Question 4

Psittacine air sacs

Answer 4

9: paired- cervical, cranial thoracic, caudal thoracic, abdominal, interclavicular

Question 5

Characteristics of psittacine tongue

Answer 5

only birds with intrinsic muscles of tongue attached to hyoid

Question 6

Psittacine feet

Answer 6

Zygodactyl