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parrots with hooked bills
Psittaciformes
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perching songbirds (flighty and easily stressed)
Passeriformes
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pigeons and doves
Columbiformes
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chickens and turkeys
Galliformes
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eagles, hawks, owls, vultures buzzards, and falcons
Raptors
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an opening in the roof of the mouth
Choanal Slit
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an out-pouching of esophagus when food is stored
Crop
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the glandular stomach
Ventriculus
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where food is ground (slang: gizzard)
Proventriculus
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when the tissue of the crop is burned after the tube feeding or hand feeding is too hot
crop burn
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the organ that acts lie a lung
air sac
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the internal cavity of the torso/body
Coelemic Cavity
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a gland located at the tail base that excretes oils (absent in Amazons)
Uropygial Gland
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an actively growing feather with a blood supply
blood feather
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the presence of air pockets in the bones which decreases the weight
Pneumatic Bones
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food that is brought up from the crop; done to feed young or mates, can be a sexual behavior, also be seen in birds with illness or possibly injury
Regurgating
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when birds fluff or spread out their feathers; can be normal or if done for a long periods of time is a sign of sickness
"Fluffed"
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while opening the mouth, the bird stretches out the neck in a forward motion; can be normal but if done frequently may be a sign of sickness
"Yawning"
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when an egg is retained and the hen is unable to pass it
egg binding
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infection caused by a retained egg that may or may not have ruptured
Egg Yolk Peritonitis
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poisoning after the bird has inhaled a toxic vapor or chemical; potentially fatal
Inhalant Toxicosis
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microscopic inspection of swabs taken from the choanal slit and feces searching for bacterial or fungal growth or overgrowth
Gram Stains
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fluorescent bulbs which emit UVB spectrum of light (ideal spectrum = 290-320)
UVB bulbs
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