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Found Bird Report Medical Information Birds Die From Bird Identification Grieving Process Preventing an Escape Fostering & Volunteering Donations 2013 to 2016 2016 to Present Lost and Found Birds Ontario, Canada birds@lostandfoundbirds.ca BIRD IDENTIFICATION Choose Your Area: London/Sarnia/Woodstock Windsor/Chatham Kitchener/Waterloo/Guelph/Cambridge Toronto/Oshawa/Peterborough/ Hamilton/Brantford/Niagara Barrie/Orillia/Owen Sound Ottawa/Kingston/Cornwall Northern Ontario    Table of Contents in Alphabetical Order: African Grey Parrots Alexandrines Amazons Australia King Parrot Blue-Winged Parakeet Budgies Caique Parrots Canary-Winged Parakeet Cockatiels Cockatoos Conures Derbyan Parakeet Eclectus Parrots Finches Indian Ringneck Layard's Parakeet Lord Derby's Parakeet Lories and Lorikeets Linnies Macaws Macaws (Mini) Malabar Parakeet Meyer's Parrot Monk Parakeets Mustached Parakeet Parakeets Parrotlets Pionus Plum-Headed Parakeet Quakers Red-Breasted Parakeet Rosella Rose-Ringed Parrot Senegal Yellow-Chevroned Parakeet Yellow-Vented Parrot PARROTS and PARAKEETS "PARROT" is a broad term for a class of colorful and intelligent birds. Characteristics of parrots include a strong, curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs and clawed feet with 4 toes- 2 facing forward and two back. Almost all parrots nest in tree hollows (or nest boxes in captivity) and lay white eggs from which hatch helpless young. Most parrots eat seeds, nuts, fruit, buds and other plant material. A few species eat animals and carrion, while the lories and lorikeets are specialized for feeding on floral nector and soft fruits. The term "PARAKEET" refers to a small, specific member of the parrot family with long tail feathers. BUDGIES Also known as Budgerigar or Common Parakeet Budgies come in all colours Normal Green Budgie vs English Budgie Both male by blue cere White or brown "cere" (nostril area) indicates female Blue or purple cere (nostril area) indicates male Pattern: Clearwing Baby Budgie may have brown on beak, also loses forehead stripes when older COCKATIELS Cockatiels don't change from colour to colour, other than these exceptions: * Up until the age of 9 mths or so, they look like the female of the type. * Male pearl babies normally lose their speckles. * Pied cockatiels don't become normal greys and vice versa. Normal Grey Male Cockatiels: The male has a yellow head, orange cheeks, grey body, and white scallop on wings. Normal Grey Female and Young: No bright yellow on the face, but usually has striped yellow on the underside of the tail. Lutino Cockatiel: Pale yellow or white with yellow face and orange cheeks. No obvious difference between male and female Albino Cockatiel or White face Lutino: All white with red eyes White Face Cockatiel: No yellow on it. The male has a white face and the female and young have more grey. Cinnamon Cockatiel: Similar to Normal grey except lighter grey This looks like a female Pearl Cockatiels: Speckled. Only females and young cockatiels can be Pearl Cinnamon Pearl White Face Pearl Normal Pearl Pied Cockatiels: Mix of Colours Cannot tell by colour differences between male and female FEMALE Characteristics: Tend to like baths more than males They seem to hang upside down more than males MALE Characteristics: Males tend to be the ones who talk and whistle They also make a heart shape with their wings when showing off to a female Front view of "Heart-shaped" Wings Back view of "Heart-shaped" Wings CONURES Green Cheek Conure: Mainly green, with dark head, blue flight feathers, and maroon tail. Cinnamon (Green Cheek) Conure: Lime green with a light, almost pale colour to the feathers. The head is tan and tail feathers are lighter maroon. Yellow-Sided (Green Cheek) Conure: Breast full of bright colours including yellow sides. Pineapple (Green Cheek) Conure: Cinnamon + Yellow-Sided Bright coloured breast, tan head, lime green feathers on the back. Turquoise (Green Cheek) Conure Mostly blue-green and green with greyish chest and grey tail Black-Capped or Rock Conure (Parakeet) Mostly green with a dark brown-black cap, whitish scaly neck and breast, red along the upper parts of the wings and black beak. Breast feathers are dark with light tips. Painted Conure: Mostly green with dark head with reddish-brown feathers, white over the ears and blue on the crown. Scaly bib across the neck. Wings are mostly blue and tail is brownish-red to green. Rose-Crowned Conure: Jenday or Jandaya Conure: Otherwise known as Flaming Conure or Yellow-headed Parakeet Wings are green with blue flight feathers Sun Conure: Wings are yellow and orange with green edging Golden Conure Crimson Belly Conure Fiery Shouldered Conure Blue Crowned Conure Golden Crown Conure St.Thomas or Brown-Throated Conure (Parakeet) Rose-Crowned or Rose-Headed Conure (Parakeet) Rose-Fronted Conure (Parakeet) Red-Masked Parakeet or Cherry-Headed or Red-Headed Conure Nanday Conure (Parakeet) or Black-Hooded Parakeet FINCHES Finches Zebra Finches Goudian Finches INDIAN RINGNECKED PARAKEETS Also known as Rose-Ringed Parakeet. They are similar to Alexandrines but are smaller and have smaller beaks. Indian Ringneck Indian Ringneck: Female (left) and Male (right) Lutino Indian Ringneck Blue Indian Ringneck ALEXANDRINE PARAKEETS Also known as Alexandrian Parrots This species was named after Alexander the Great, who exported some for nobles and royalty, who considered them prized possessions. They are very similar looking to the Indian Ringnecks, but are much bigger, but both have dark green bodies, long tails, red beaks and yellow eyes. Alexandrines though, have maroon-patched wings and larger bills. The male will have a dark black ring followed by a pink ring around the neck. The female and young birds under 18months will not have these rings. Male Alexandrine Female Alexandrine Lutino Mutation Alexandrine Blue Mutation Alexandrine LORIES and LORIKEETS Lories vs Lorikeets are like Parrots vs Parakeets, Lories have short blunt tails, whereas Lorikeets have longer tapering tails. In the wild, lorikeets feed on nectar and pollen from plants and flowers. As a pet, they require a special diet. They need to eat coloured fruits and vegetables every day plus a special nectar replacement, a mix you can get in some pet stores. You cannot feed them regular bird food. There are many types of lories, some shown below. Rainbow Lorikeet Red-Collared Lorikeet Iris Lorikeet Blue-Crowned Lorikeet Dusky Lory Duyvenbode's or Brown Lory Red Lory Black Lory Black-Capped Lory Violet-Necked Lory Yellow-Bibbed Lory Blue-Streaked Lory LINNIES: Otherwise known as Lineolated or Barred Parakeets Linnies come in a variety of colours, the most common pictured here Creamino, Turquoise and Normal Green Linnie Cobalt Linnie Lutino Linnie LOVE BIRDS Peach-Faced Love Bird White-faced Blue Love Bird (Peach-faced mutation) Black Mask Love Bird: Collar of white or yellow Fischer's Love Bird: Beak is red PARROTLETS Parrotlets are the smallest Parrot species commonly bred in captivity. They have a stocky build and short tails. Pacific Parrotlet The most popular domestic Parrotlet. It comes in a variety of colour mutations, some shown below. Blue-Winged Parrotlet Spectacled Parrotlet Yellow-Faced Parrotlet Normal Green Pacific Parrotlet: FEMALE Pacific Parrotlet: Blue Mutation FEMALE Pacific Parrotlet: "American White" Mutation: FEMALE Pacific Parrotlet:"American Yellow" Mutation: FEMALE Normal Green Pacific Parrotlet: MALE Pacific Parrotlet: Blue Mutation MALE Pacific Parrotlet: "American White" Mutation: MALE Pacific Parrotlet:"American Yellow" Mutation: MALE ROSELLA Rosella means "broad-tailed" or "flat-tailed." Their diet is mainly seeds and nuts. Eastern Rosella Crimson Rosella Western Rosella Northern Rosella Lutino Mutation of Eastern Rosella Blue Mutation of Crimson Rosella Green Rosella Yellow Rosella OTHER PARAKEETS Canary-Winged Parakeet aka Yellow-Chevroned Parakeet Also similar to the White-Winged Parakeet. Derbyan Parakeet: aka Lord Derby's Parakeet Feed on fruits, berries, seeds and leaf buds. Red-Breasted Parakeet aka Mustached Parakeet Mountain Parakeet aka Golden-Fronted Parakeet Layard's Parakeet Female has black beak (left) and Male has a red beak (right) Plum-Headed Parakeet: MALE Males have a pinkish-purple head and the females have a grey head. Malabar Parakeet aka Blue-Winged Parakeet MALE Characterized by long blue tails tipped in yellow, dark wings with blue, and light grey head and body Malabar Parakeet aka Blue-Winged Parakeet FEMALE Males have red beaks, females have black, as well as other colour differences. AFRICAN GREY PARROTS Congo African Grey Parrot: Light grey with dark cherry tail Timneh African Grey Parrot: Darker grey and smaller than Congo with dull dark maroon tail Red-Factor African Grey Parrot: A rare red gene was found in some of the greys and was used to create red factor birds which are very rare AMAZONS Yellow-Headed Amazon Also known as Yellow-Headed Parrot or Double Yellow-Headed Amazon Red-Crowned Amazon Also known as Red-Crowned Parrot, Green-Cheeked Amazon or Mexican Red-Headed Parrot Yellow-Crowned Amazon/ Parrot Yellow-Naped Amazon/ Parrot Ventralis Amazon Blue-Fronted Amazon Lilac-Crowned Amazon Red-Lored Amazon CAIQUE PARROTS Green-Thighed Caique Black Headed Caique White-Bellied Caique COCKATOOS         Sulfur Crested Cockatoo: Comes in 3 different sizes, Lesser, Medium and Greater. Bright yellow crest Citron Crested Cockatoo: Size of Lesser Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo Orange crest Umbrella Cockatoo Salmon-Crested or Moluccan Cockatoo: Largest of the white cockatoos         Galah or Rose-Breasted Cockatoo Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Also known as Leadbeater's or Pink Cockatoo Goffin's Cockatoo Also known as Goffin's Corella or Tanimbar Corella Smallest of the white cockatoos Bare-eyed Cockatoo: Otherwise known as Little Corella, Blood-stained Cockatoo, Short-billed Corella, Little Cockatoo and Blue-eyed Cockatoo. ECLECTUS PARROTS Unusual for the extreme colour differences between the sexes. Male Eclectus Female Eclectus Male Tanimbar or Riedel's Eclectus Female Tanimbar or Riedel's Eclectus MACAWS Blue and Gold Macaw One of the most common macaws as pets Scarlet Macaw One of the most common macaws as pets Red and Green Macaw or Green-Winged Macaw Shamrock Macaw Hybrid from Scarlet + Military Macaws Hyacinth Macaw: The largest macaw and the longest flying parrot (3.3ft long) Red-Fronted Macaw Military Macaw Medium-sized Macaw, similar to the endangered Great Green Macaw, but smaller. Blue Throated Macaw MINI MACAWS Hahn's or Red-Shouldered Macaw Chestnut Fronted or Severe Macaw Golden-Collared Macaw Blue-Winged or Illiger's Macaw PIONUS Characteristics include a chunky body, bare eye ring and short square tail. No noticible difference between the sexes. Bronze-Winged Pionus Speckle-Faced Pionus White-Crowned Pionus White-Headed Pionus Blue-Headed Pionus Menstruus Pionus Red-Billed Pionus Scaly-Headed Pionus OTHER PARROTS Australian King Parrot MALE has a red head. Australian King Parrot FEMALE has a green head. Blue-Rumped Parrot MALE has blue head and rump. Blue-Rumped Parrot FEMALE has greyish-brown head. Senegal Parrot aka Yellow-Vented Parrot Meyer's Parrot Blue and Green Quaker Parrots aka Monk Parakeets Blue is a colour mutation Jardine's Parrot aka Red-Fronted Parrot Copyright 2013 Lost and Found Birds London Site by: Soul Reflections