Bird Abbreviations

[lovemyGreys]

We all hopefully know what CAG & TAG is short for

I came across this list of abbreviations which i thought would be useful for when members refer to their birds in this manner.

 

 

 

B&G - Blue and Gold Macaw

BC - Blue Crown Conure

BE2 - Bare Eyed Cockatoo

BFA - Blue Front Amazon

BP2 - Black Palm Cockatoo

BSL - Blue Streak Lory

C2 - Citron Cockatoo

CAG - Congo African Grey

CM - Catalina Macaw

D2 - Ducorps Cockatoo

DYH - Double Yellow Head Amazon

E2 - Eleanora Cockatoo

FIDS - Feathered Kids

G2 - Goffins Cockatoo

GC - Green Cheeked Conure

GCC - Gold Capped Conure

GCP - Grey Cheeked Parakeet

GE - Grand Eclectus

GSC - Greater Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

GW - Green Wing Macaw

HM - Hahns Macaw

HMC - Half Moon Conure

HYM - Hyacinth Macaw

Keet - Parakeet

LCA - Lilac Crowned Amazon

LSC - Lessor 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

MSC - Medium Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

OWA - Orange Winged Amazon

PC - Painted Conure

RB2 - Rose Breasted Cockatoo

RLA - Red Lored Amazon

RM - Ruby Macaw

RSE - Red Sided Eclectus

RV2 - Red Vented Cockatoo

SIE - Soloman Island Eclectus

SM - Scarlet Macaw

T2 - Triton Cockatoo

TAG - Timneh African Grey

Tiel - Cockatiel

Too - Cockatoo

U2 - Umbrella Cockatoo

Umbie - Umbrella Cockatoo

VE - Vosmaeri's Eclectus

WFA - White Fronted Amazon

WF - White Faced Cockatiel

YCM - Yellow Collared Macaw

YNA - Yellow Naped Amazon

[judygram]

Thanks Tracy for the list of abbreviations, I knew some of them but didn't realize there were a lot of others.

[Tari]

Great post. Karma to you. Thank you so much.

[lovemyGreys]

Thank you Tari, i know most of us will know some of them but there is some on the list that i never knew

[Percysmum]

Thanks for that. I'm probably one of the worse culprits for using shortcuts.:blush: We have some different names for our native 'toos in Australia so when on international forums I just translate in my mind to the shortcut international version rather then the long hand version.