Exotic Vocab Avian

parrots with hooked bills

perching songbirds (flighty and easily stressed)

pigeons and doves

ducs

chickens and turkeys

eagles, hawks, owls, vultures buzzards, and falcons

an opening in the roof of the mouth

rectum (vent)

an out-pouching of esophagus when food is stored

the glandular stomach

where food is ground (slang: gizzard)

when the tissue of the crop is burned after the tube feeding or hand feeding is too hot

the organ that acts lie a lung

the internal cavity of the torso/body

a gland located at the tail base that excretes oils (absent in Amazons)

rectum (cloaca)

nostrils (nares)

an actively growing feather with a blood supply

the presence of air pockets in the bones which decreases the weight

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

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

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

when an egg is retained and the hen is unable to pass it

infection caused by a retained egg that may or may not have ruptured

poisoning after the bird has inhaled a toxic vapor or chemical; potentially fatal

microscopic inspection of swabs taken from the choanal slit and feces searching for bacterial or fungal growth or overgrowth

fluorescent bulbs which emit UVB spectrum of light (ideal spectrum = 290-320)