Common Bird Abbreviations

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Common Bird Abbreviations
Topic Started: Apr 8 2008, 01:43 PM (258 Views)
hal9000	Apr 8 2008, 01:43 PM Post #1
Super Moderator Posts: 1,414 Group: Staff Member #166 Joined: July 6, 2007 Gender: Female # of conures: 3 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Haley Location: Right Behind You... My Conure/s are: Petrie the Pirate (FS), Phoenix (JC), Marvin (GC) My Facebook/Myspace/Twitter myspace.com/elf_monkey_queen	These are some common bird related abbreviations. All that are in bold are types of Conures. Letter Abbreviations: B&G = Blue and Gold Macaw BC = Blue Crown Conure BCC = Black Capped Conure BE2 = Bare Eyed Cockatoo BFA = Blue Front Amazon BP2 = Black Palm Cockatoo BSL = Blue Streak Lory BWP = Bronze Winged Pionus C2 = Citron Cockatoo CAG = Congo African Grey CBP = Coral Bill Pionus CM = Catalina Macaw DP = Dusky Pionus DYH or DYHA = Double Yellow Head Amazon E2 = Eleanora Cockatoo G2 = Goffin Cockatoo GB = Great Bill Parrot GC = Green Cheeked Conure GCC = Gold Capped Conure GCP = Grey Cheeked Parakeet GE = Grand Eclectus GS2 = Greater Sulphur Crested Cockatoo GW or GWM = Green Wing Macaw HH = Hawk Head Parrot HM = Hahn’s Macaw HMC = Half Moon Conure HYM= Hyacinth Macaw IR or IRN = Indian Ringneck LP = Lineolated Parakeet LS2 = Lesser Sulphur Crested Cockatoo M2 = Moluccan Cockatoo MBC = Maroon Belled Conure MGM= Miligold Macaw MM = Military Macaw MM2 = Major Mitchell (Leadbeater) Cockatoo MRHA - Mexican Red Head Amazon MS2 = Medium Sulphur Crested Cockatoo MP = Maximillian Pionus OW or OWA = Orange Winged Amazon PC = Painted Conure POW = Princess Parrot QP = Quaker Parakeet RB2 = Rose Breasted Cockatoo RLA = Red Lored Amazon RM = Ruby Macaw RSE = Red Sided Eclectus RV2 = Red Vented Cockatoo SIE = Solomon Island Eclectus SM = Scarlet Macaw T2 = Triton Cockatoo TAG = Timneh African Grey TC= Timor Cockatoo U2 = Umbrella Cockatoo VE = Vosmaeri's Eclectus WCP = White Cap Pionus WFA = White Fronted Amazon WF = White Faced Cockatiel YCM = Yellow Collared Macaw YNA = Yellow Naped Amazon Short Forms: Keet - Parakeet/Budgie Tiel - Cockatiel Linnie - Lineolated parakeet/barred parakeet Too - Cockatoo Zon - Amazon Grey - African Grey Plet or Let - Parrotlet Ekkie - Eclectus Akeet/Aussie Keet - Australian Parakeet Ekeet - English Parakeet Sun - Sun Conure Poi - Poicephalus Sennie - Senegal Parrot Other: Fid - Feathered Kid Parront - Parrot Parent If I have left one out, please post it in this thread and somebody will add it.



conure58	Apr 8 2008, 04:16 PM Post #2
Administrator Posts: 4,752 Group: Admin Member #20 Joined: November 19, 2006 Gender: Male # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Mark Location: Central Texas My Conure/s are: Kahn (Brown-Throat) & Summer (Sun)	Hmm. I've always called Green-Cheeked Conure's "GCC's". Didn't even think of Gold-Capped Conure.



BUUZBEE	Apr 8 2008, 07:16 PM Post #3
Administrator Posts: 7,240 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: October 23, 2006 Gender: Female # of conures: 3 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Anna Location: So Cal, USA My Conure/s are: Blue Crowned Kermit Green Cheek Coco Green Cheek Sheila My Facebook/Myspace/Twitter fbk.com/anna.pottingerpriest myspace.com/conurecrazy ..... I dont tweet :)	lol... i put a few things gcc's, gc's, gck's :lol:



hal9000	Apr 9 2008, 02:17 PM Post #4
Super Moderator Posts: 1,414 Group: Staff Member #166 Joined: July 6, 2007 Gender: Female # of conures: 3 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Haley Location: Right Behind You... My Conure/s are: Petrie the Pirate (FS), Phoenix (JC), Marvin (GC) My Facebook/Myspace/Twitter myspace.com/elf_monkey_queen	Haha, good! Ohh, I've always called them GCC's too...I copied this from the web, didn't notice it said gold capped! LOL!! It's like Blue Crowned Conure and Black capped conure sort of..



conure58	Apr 9 2008, 05:18 PM Post #5
Administrator Posts: 4,752 Group: Admin Member #20 Joined: November 19, 2006 Gender: Male # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Mark Location: Central Texas My Conure/s are: Kahn (Brown-Throat) & Summer (Sun)	Ahhh. There's no BTC (Brown-Throated Conure) either. :lol:



littlesun	Oct 24 2008, 03:39 AM Post #6
Advanced Member Posts: 54 Group: Member Member #604 Joined: October 19, 2008 # of conures: 1 I'm a conure: Owner My Conure/s are: sun	I recently learned about MBS. Multiple Bird Syndrome. ha ha!



conure58	Oct 24 2008, 10:37 AM Post #7
Administrator Posts: 4,752 Group: Admin Member #20 Joined: November 19, 2006 Gender: Male # of conures: 2 I'm a conure: Owner My name is: Mark Location: Central Texas My Conure/s are: Kahn (Brown-Throat) & Summer (Sun)	littlesun Oct 24 2008, 03:39 AM I recently learned about MBS. Multiple Bird Syndrome. ha ha! I think we all suffer from that disease, to certain degrees anyway..



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