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AVERAGE WEIGHTS OF COMMON PET BIRDS
List of bird weights compiled from the book:
Parrots In Aviculture
by Rosemary Low
- IMPORTANT NOTE about bird weights
- In most cases the weights are those of captive birds. There can
be extreme variation in inidividuals, the weight being influenced by
diet, housing, sex, sub-species and age. Where more than 10 or so
birds were weighed, the highest and lowest weights were not taken
into account if these differed markedly from the norm. Chick
weights, with 5 or 6 exceptions, were of chicks hatched in the
author's care.
| 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 |
|
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 |
|
Meyers Parrot | Yellow Collar Macaw |
Black-Headed Caique | African Grey Parrot
| Blue Front Amazon | Blue-Crowned Conure | Blue & Gold Macaw |
Goffin Cockatoo |Sun Conure |Jendaya Conure |
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