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  1. #1
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    Smile Some Common Abbreviations.

    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



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    Parrots

    Red Fronted Macaw~Holly, Hawk-Headed Parrots~ Cochise & Yuna, Black Capped Conure~Elfe, Softbills- Green Aracari~Pico, American Singer Canary~Kismet, Blue Naped Mousebird~Gryphon
    RFM-Red Fronted Macaw
    keep smiling

    Akita/lab~Heartly, Netherlands Dwarf Bunny~Elliot, Fancy Goldfish & Loaches

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    Quote Originally Posted by keepsmiling View Post
    RFM-Red Fronted Macaw
    I have added that


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    Parrots

    Nanday Conure (Rowdy), YCA (Pete) and CAG (Miss Merlin)
    Some that aren't birds but seen commonly on forums:

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

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    Parrots

    Eclectus Parrot = Eddie Cockatiel = Cricket
    OACV = organic apple cider vinegar

  9. #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by kim View Post
    OACV = organic apple cider vinegar
    Thankyou Kim, I will add that to the list


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

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    Parrots

    Sun, Nanday, Patagonian, Parrotlet
    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

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    Parrots

    Sun, Nanday, Patagonian, Parrotlet
    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

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    Parrots

    Sun, Nanday, Patagonian, Parrotlet
    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

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