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AVERAGE
BIRD WEIGHTS
from:
Parrots In Aviculture
by Rosemary Low
|
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 |
|
|
VARIOUS
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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