Some Common Abbreviations.

[Honesty]

Here is a list of some of the common abbreviations for Parrots.



B&G - Blue & Gold Macaw
BC – Blue Crown Conure
BCMA – Blue Crown Mealy Amazon
BE2 – Bare Eyed Cockatoo
BFA – Blue Fronted Amazon
BP2 - Black Palm Cockatoo
BSL – Blue Streak Lorry
BTC – Brown throated Conure
BTM – Blue Throated Macaw
C2 – Citron Cockatoo
CAG – Congo African Grey
CM – Catalina Macaw
DYH – Double Yellow Head Amazon
E2 – Eleanor Cockatoo
EFP – Edward’s Fig Parrot
G2 – Goffins Cockatoo
GC – Green Cheeked Conure
GCC – Gold Capped Conure
GCP Grey Cheeked Parakeet
GE – Grand Eclectus
GMR – Golden Mantle Rosella
GSC – Greater Sulphur Crested
GSC2 Greater Sulphur Crested Too
GW – Green Wing Macaw
HH – Hawkheaded Parrot
HM – Hahns Macaw
HMC – Half Moon Conure
HYM – Hyacinth Macaw
IM – Illiger Macaw
KAG – King African Grey (red factor)
Keet – Parakeet
LCA – Lilac Crowned Amazon
LSC – Lessor Sulphur Crested
LSC2 – Lessor Sulphur Crested Too
M2 – Moluccan Cockatoo
MA – Mealy Amazon
MBC – Maroon Bellied Conure
MGM – Miligold Macaw
MM – Military Macaw
MM2 – Major Mitchell (Leadbeater) Cockatoo
MRHA – Mexican Red Head Amazon
MSC – Medium Sulphur Crested
OW – (or OWA) Orange Winged Amazon
PC – Painted Conure
RFAG – Red factor African Grey
RB2 – Rose Breasted Cockatoo
RLA – Red Lored Amazon
RFM - Red Fronted Macaw
RM – Ruby Macaw
RSW – Red Sided Eclectus
RV2 – Red Vented Cockatoo
SBCC – Slender Billed Corella Cockatoo
SC2 – Sulphur Crested Too
SIE – Soloman Island Eclectus
SM – Scarlet Macaw
T2 – Triton Cockatoo
TAG – Timneh African Grey
Tiel – Cockatiel
Too – Cockatoo
U2 – Umbrella Cockatoo
VE – Vosmaeri’s Eclectus
WFA – White Fronted Amazon
WF – White Faced Cockatiel
YCM - Yellow Collared Macaw
YNA – Yellow Naped Amazon
YCA - Yellow Crowned Amazon

OTHERS THAT ARE NOT BIRDS, BUT ARE BIRD RELATED !

CAV - Certified Avian Vet
HMT - Heavy Metal Toxicity
ABV - Avian Bornovirus
OACV - Organic Apple Cider Vinegar

[keepsmiling]

RFM-Red Fronted Macaw:redface-new:

[Honesty]

RFM-Red Fronted Macaw:redface-new:

I have added that :)

[roxynoodle]

Some that aren't birds but seen commonly on forums:

CAV - certified avian vet
HMT - heavy metal toxicity
ABV - avian bornovirus

[kim]

OACV = organic apple cider vinegar

[Honesty]

OACV = organic apple cider vinegar

Thankyou Kim, I will add that to the list:)

[Debra]

RSW red sided Eclectus? Shouldn't that be RSE?

[weco]

Here you go Wendy, I've posted these other places & when I saw your list, I thought it needed a bit of expansion.....


What we tend to refer to as parrot acronyms or abbreviations are really take-offs from alphabetic (Alpha) codes used by ornithological programs. There are, however, inconsistencies in the rules governing the alpha codes; with some lists not including all species.

Many of the acronyms we are familiar with have been shortened from their normal 4-letter designations; while others have been created for convenience of parrot enthusiasts.

The acronyms listed below were compiled from those used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Patuxent River Wildlife Research Center; U.S. Bird Banding Laboratory; North American Bird Bander; the American Ornithologists Union; various other authorities and internet news group listings.


‘keet - Budgie parakeet
‘tiel - Cockatiel
‘too - Cockatoo
‘zon – Amazon
AG - African grey
AGP - Australian Grass Parakeet
Alex - Alexandrine Ringneck Parakeet
ARC - Argentina Conure
ARN - African Ringneck
ARUC - Aruba Conure
ASP - Asian Parakeet
AUC - Austral Conure
AZC - Aztec Conure
B & G - Blue and Gold Macaw
BAP - Barred Parakeet
BBC - Brown-Backed Conure
BBP - Brown-Backed Parrotlet
BBPA - Black-Billed Parrot
BC - Blue-Crowned Conure
BC2 - Black Cockatoo
BCC - Blue-Crowned Conure
BCL - Black-Capped Lory
BCMA - Blue-Crowned Meal Amazon
BE - Bare-Eyed Cockatoo
BE ’too - Bare-Eyed Cockatoo
BE2 - Bare-Eyed Cockatoo
BEC - Brown-Eared Conure
BEP - Black-Eared Parrotlet
BFA - Blue-Fronted Amazon
BFP - Blue-Fronted Parrotlet
BFPA - Blue-Fronted Parrotlet
BG - Blue and Gold Macaw
BGM - Blue and Gold Macaw
BHC - Black-headed Caique
BHEP - Blue-headed Pionus
BHOP - Brown-Hooded Parrot
BHP - Blue-headed Pionus
BL - Black Lory
BLCC - Black-Capped Conure
BLM - Blue-Masked Lovebird
BLTC - Black-Tailed Conure
BLTC - Blue-Throated Conure
BLWC - Blue-Winged Conure
BLWP - Blue-Winged Parrotlet
BM - Buffon’s Macaw
Bourkie – Bourke’s parakeet
BP - Brotogeris Parakeet
BP2 - Black-Palm Cockatoo
BRBC - Brown-Breasted Conure
BRP - Brown-Rumped Parrotlet
BRTC - Brown-Throated Conure
BSL - Blue-Streak Lory
BTC - Black-Tailed Conure
BTM - Blue-Throated Macaw
BTPA - Brown-Throated Parakeet
BUDG – Budgerigar
Budgie – Budgerigar
Buffy - Buffon’s Macaw
BWC - Blaze Winged Conure
BWL - Black–Wing Lory
BWP - Bronze-Wing Pionus
BWPI - Bronze-Wing Pionus
C2 - Citron Cockatoo
CAC - Caribbean Conure
CAG – Congo African Grey
CAP - Caribbean Parakeet
CAPA - Carolina Parakeet
CHC - Cherry-Headed Conure
CHL - Chattering Lory
CM – Catalina Macaw
Connie – Conure
CP - Celestial Parrotlet
CPAK - Cuban Parakeet (Conure)
CPAT - Cuban Parrot
CR - Crimson Rosella
CUC -Cuban Conure
D2 – Ducorps’ Cockatoo
DC - Dusky Conure
DHC - Dusky-headed Conure
DL - Dusky Lory
DP - Dusky Pionus
DPI - Dusky Pionus
DYH - Double Yellow-headed Amazon
E2 – Eleanora Cockatoo
EFP - Edward’s Fig Parrot
Ekkie – Eclectus


See continuations in parts 2 & 3

[weco]

Continuation from part 1


ER - Eastern Rosella
FC - Finsch’s Conure
FSC - Fiery Shouldered Conure
FWC - Flame-Winged Conure
G2 - Goffin’s Cockatoo
GC - Green-Cheeked Conure
GCA - Green-Cheeked Amazon (see Red-crowned Parrot)
GCC - Gold-Capped Conure
GCC - Green-Cheeked Conure
GCP - Grey-Cheeked Parakeet
GE - Grand Eclectus
GG2 - Gang-Gang Cockatoo
GOC - Golden Conure
GOCC - Gold-Capped Conure
GP – Greater Palm Cockatoo
GP - Greater Patagonian Conure
GPC - Greater Patagonian Conure
GREP - Green Parakeet (conure)
GRP - Green-rumped Parrotlet
GRUP - Green-rumped Parrotlet
GSC - Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
GSC ‘too - Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
GSC2 - Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
GW - Green-winged Macaw
GWM - Green-winged Macaw
HC - Hispaniolan Conure
HH - Hawk-Headed Parrot
HHP - Hawk-Headed Parrot
HM - Hahn’s Macaw
HMC - Half-Moon Conure
HP - Hispaniolan Parrot
Hy - Hyacinth Macaw
HYM – Hyacinth Macaw
IL - Iris Lorikeet
IM - Illiger’s Macaw
IMP - Imperial Amazon
IR - Indian Ringneck
IRN - Indian Ringneck
IRP - Indian Ringneck
JC – Jenday Conure
LB – Lovebird
LB2 - Ledbetter’s Cockatoo
LC2 - Little corella cockatoo
LCA - Lilac Crowned Amazon
LCP - Lilac-Crowned Parrot (Amazon)
LFA - Lilac-Fronted Amazon
Linnie - Lineolated parakeet
LM - Lear’s Macaw
Lorie – Lorikeet
Lovey – Love Bird
LP - Lesser Patagonian Conure
LPC - Lesser Patagonian Conure
LSC - Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
LSC2 - Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
LSCC - Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
LSC’too - Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
M’Too - Moluccan Cockatoo
M2 - Moluccan Cockatoo
MA - Mealy Amazon
Mac – Macaw
MaxP - Maximillian Pionus
MBC - Maroon-Bellied Conure
MC - Mitered Conure
MEA - Mealy Amazon
MEXP - Mexican Parrotlet
MFC - Maroon-Faced Conure
MFP - Maroon-Fronted Parrot
MGM - Miligold Macaw
MM - Military Macaw
MM2 - Major Mitchell Cockatoo
MOP - Monk Parakeet
MP - Monk Parakeet
MPI - Maximillian Pionus
MRHA - Mexican Red Head Amazon
MRHA - Mexican Red-headed Amazon (see Red-crowned Parrot)
MSC - Medium Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
MSC2 - Medium Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
MTC - Maroon-Tailed Conure
MXM - Mexican Green Macaw
MXP - Maximillian Pionus
Nan - Nanday Conure
NC - Nanday Conure
NSC - Nansun Conure
OCPA - Orange-Chinned Parakeet
OFPA - Orange-fronted Parakeet
OL - Ornate Lory
OTPA - Olive-Throated Parakeet (Conure)
OWA - Orange-winged Amazon
P2 - Palm cockatoo
PA - Panama Amazon
PACP - Pacific Parakeet (Conure)
PAIP - Painted Parakeet (Conure)
Patti - Patagonian Conure
PC - Painted Conure
PFC - Peach-fronted Conure
PFLB - Peach-face Lovebird
PGC - Pineapple Green Cheek Conure
PGCC - Pineapple Green Cheek Conure
Pi – Pionus


See continuation in part 3

[weco]

Continuation from part 1


Poi – Poicephalus
PP - Pacific Parrotlet
PRC - Puerto Rican Conure
PRP - Puerto Rican Parrot
PTLT – Parrotlet
PYC - Pearly Conure
QBC - Queen of Bavaria Conure
QP - Quaker Parakeet
RB2 - Rose-Breasted Cockatoo (Galah)
RBC - Red-bellied Conure
RBM - Red-bellied Macaw
RBP - Red-bellied Parrot
RCA - Red-crowed Amazon (Red-crowned Parrot)
RCC - Rose-Crowned Conure
RCP - Red-crowned Parrot (aka – Green-cheeked Amazon; Mexican Red-headed Parrot; Red-crowned Amazon)
REC - Red-Eared Conure
RFC - Rose-Fronted Conure (aka - Wagler’s Conure)
RFM – Red Front Macaw
RFP - Red-fronted Parrotlet
RFPA - Red-fronted Parrotlet
RGM - Red & Green Macaw
RHA – Red Headed Amazon
RHC - Rose-Headed Conure
RLA - Red-Lored Amazon
RLPA - Red-Lored Amazon
RM - Ruby Macaw
RMC - Red-masked Conure
RNP - Red-necked Parrot
Rosie – Rose Breasted Cockatoo
RP - Ringneck Parakeet
RRPA - Rose-ringed Parakeet
RSE - Red-Sided Eclectus
RTB2 – Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
RTC - Red-throated Conure
RV2 - Red-Vented Cockatoo
RWP - Red-winged Parrotlet
SB2 - Slender-Billed Cockatoo
SBC - Slender-Billed Cockatoo
SBC - Slender-Billed Conure
SBCC - Slender-Billed Corella Cockatoo
SC - Sun Conure
SC2 - Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
SCC - Salmon-crested Cockatoo
SDC - Sunday Conure
Sen - Senegal Parrot
Sennie - Senegal Parrot
SFC – Scarlet-fronted Conure
SHP - Saffron-headed Parrot
SIE - Solomon Island Eclectus
SLP - St. Lucia Parrot
SM - Scarlet Macaw
SM - Severe Macaw
SOUC - Souance Conure
SP - Spectacled Parrotlet
SPA - Spectacled Amazon (aka – White-fronted Amazon)
SPM - Spix Macaw
SPP - Spectacled Parrotlet
STC - Sharp-Tailed Conure
SVM - Severe Macaw
SVP - St. Vincent Parrot
SWPA - Sulphur-Winged Parakeet (Conure)
SYH - Single Yellow-Head Amazon
T2 - Triton Cockatoo
TAG - Timneh African Grey
TBP - Thick-billed Parrot
U’Too - Umbrella Cockatoo
U2 - Umbrella Cockatoo
Umbie - Umbrella Cockatoo
VE - Vosmaeri Eclectus
VNL - Violet-necked Lory
VosE - Vosmaeri Eclectus
WBC - White-Bellied Caique
WC - Wagler’s Conure (aka - Red-fronted Conure)
WCA - White-Collared Amazon
WCP - White-Capped Pionus
WEC - White-Eyed Conure
WERC - White-Eared Conure
WF - White-Faced Cockatiel
WFA - White-Fronted Amazon (aka – Spectacled Amazon)
WFC - White-Faced Cockatiel
WFPA - White-Fronted Amazon (Parrot)
WWPA - White-Winged Parakeet
YBA - Yellow-Billed Amazon
YCA - Yellow-crowned Amazon
YCC - Yellow Cheeked Conure
YCM - Yellow-Collared Macaw
YCPA - Yellow-crowned Parrot (Amazon)
YFA - Yellow Fronted Amazon
YHA - Yellow-Headed Amazon
YLP - Yellow-Lored Amazon
YNA - Yellow-Naped Amazon
YNM - Yellow-Naped Macaw
YNPA - Yellow-Naped Parrot (Amazon)
YSC - Yellow Sided Conure
YSGC - Yellow Sided Green Cheek Conure
YSL - Yellow-Streaked Lory

[Honesty]

Thank you weco. I think you have just about covered them all :) Your list will come in very useful for many members.

[Blancaej]

Wow! That is quite the list! I think we should have every species and sub species there is now! :D