Fluffy Parrots

[ParkersMom]

was wondering if certain species of parrots are fluffier( have more down feathers) than others...i.e. my BF zon is way more downy than my BG macaw...

 

[Birdlover11]

I don't really know, but there is a kind of a difference between each species... Maybe if your from warmer or colder climates ?

 

[weco]

You may have to do your own counting, because I've never heard of any data that lists feather count by specie.....what count data I know of was complied around the end of the 19th & beginning of the 20th century when all of the ornithologists & ornithological museums were collecting original data from bird carcases and field notes. The data I've read was collected from students and/or workers physically plucking & counting feathers from different birds of the same specie.....

 

[MonicaMc]

I would say yes. Differences may even be seen between two birds of the same species.

I have heard owners of macaws notice thicker fluff after the winter and during the warmer months, the fluff isn't near as thick.

 

[goalerjones]

this thread is bringing me down...

 

[Karigan]

Wouldn't dust feather birds have more fluff?

 

[ParkersMom]

the reason I was asking is that my Macaw was a plucker and has hardly any of the grey down feathers and my zon is super fluffy

 

[Jtbirds]

Parker that is because of the plucking they do pluck there down feathers to. Baby girl plucks right to her skin no down or anything she is a bald jungle chicken.

Karigan I don't believe my cockatoos have more down then other species they just have dense feathers due to the dust and cockatoos feathers are built in a speacial way as they can be water repellant And so on.