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Development and
Species Feet (Tarsus/toes) Weight (g) Integument Beak / Mouth Vocalizations Other
FALCONS (Falconidae): Anisodactyl toe arrangement and raptorial. Altricial or semi‐altricial young.
American Yellowish tinge, Hatch: 8–12 Skin: pinkish. Down: 1st Bill and cere: Begging: peep at first, Eyes: partly open d
Kestrel turn pale yellow; down white, sparsely white‐pink; not yet increasing to a shrill 1–2 post‐hatch,
(Falco talons whitish pink. Adult: F: covering, belly bare. 2nd hooked, falcon cheep. 2 wk. whine, fully open d 7. Iris:
sparverius) d 21: whitish pink, 103–132, down: thick, yellowish‐ “tooth” evident. chitter, and klee. bluish‐black.
talons nearly black. M: 90.8–113 white. Juv plumage covers Becomes dark gray Sounds: peep then
at tip d 21.
body by d 14 and sex is
Refs: 1, 7 distinguishable. Fully “klee” d 3.
(bna.602), 9 feathered d 21, remnants of d 21: skin around
down on crown and upper eye bluish‐green
and bare. Leave
wing coverts. nest: 28–31 d.
PARROTS AND ALLIES (Psittacidae): Zygodactyl toe arrangement. Altricial young.
Monk Parakeet Gray. Hatch: 4.07–5.45 Down: sparsely covered Large, hooked, Noisy, raucous. Leave nest: 40 d
(Myopsitta with yellowish down. d 18: yellowish‐brown bill, Food‐begging: (wild), 50 d
monachus) Adult: F: 112, M: primaries begin to emerge. notched on upper complex, many notes. (captive).
114 d 28: body feathers half mandible. Feathered
Ref: 7 (bna. developed. cere.
monpar.03)
Red‐crowned Gray. Hatch: 11.5–13.5 Down: sparsely covered Large and hooked. Imitate adults but at Leave nest: 53 d.
Parrot (Amazona with whitish down. In Bill and cere cream higher pitch. Begging
viridigenalis) Adult: 316 captive raised birds: yellow. calls: rackety.
feathers first appear 35 d,
Ref: 7 (bna.292) fully feathered 8 wk.

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