POULTRY VS. PET BIRDS

For the purpose of this website we will be using the following definitions:

Poultry are domesticated fowls that are typically raised for the production of meat or eggs.

Poultry include: all chickens, turkeys, turkins, pheasants, peafowl, guinea fowl, quail, ducks, geese, swans, gallinules, doves, pigeons, grouse, partridges, francolin, tinamou, ostriches, and other ratites (including but not limited to the rhea, emu, and cassowary), and hatching or embryonated eggs.

Cassowary On Green Grass

Cassowary

White Dove

Dove

Duck Standing On The Shore

Muscovy Duck

White Swan On A Lake

Pekin Duck

Emu In A Puddle

Emu

Francolin Perched On A Rock

Francolin

Gallinula On A Rock

Gallinule

Goose Flying

Buff Goose

Grouse Perched In Heather

Grouse

Guinea Fowl On Green Grass

Guinea Fowl

Running Ostrich

Ostrich

Pigeon flying

Partridge

Peafowl With Feathers Out

Peafowl

Pheasant On Grass

Pheasant

Pigeon flying

Pigeon

Quail

Coturnix Quail

Peafowl With Feathers Out

Swan

Pigeon flying

Tinamou

Pet birds, on the other hand, tend to be caged birds not bred for their utility.

Pet birds include: canaries, finches, cockatiels, lovebirds, small parakeets, parrotlets, caiques, small conures, lories, lorikeets, large parakeets, pionus parrots, poicephalus, african greys, amazons, cockatoos, large conures, eclectus, hawk headed parrots , macaws and toucans.

An African Grey Perched On A Tree Branch

African Grey

An Amazon On A Branch

Amazon

Closeup Of A Caique Parrot

Caique

A Canary Bird Sitting On A Container Of Feed

Canary

A Cockatiel

Cockatiel

Beautiful white Cockatoo, Sulphur crested Cockatoo, Lift one leg

Cockatoo

Small Conure

Small Conure

A Large Conure

Large Conure

A multicolored finch

Finch

Lorikeet

Lorikeet

A Lory Bird On A Branch

Lory

Closeup of a lovebird perched on a branch

Lovebird

A Macaw Flying

Macaw

A Small Parakeet

Small Parakeet or Budgerigar/Budgie

A Large Parakeet Eating Leaves

Large Parakeet

An electus bird on a branch

Eclectus Parrot

A Parrot Placed On A Branch

Hawk Headed Parrot

A Pionus Parrot Standing On A Tree Branch

Pionus Parrot

A Poicephalus On A Tree Branch

Poicephalus Parrot

A Parrotlet On a Plant

Parrotlet

A Toucan Standing On a Tree Branch

Toucan