Some abbreviations

[Abaleesha]

Ok for those that are too afraid to ask but want to know here's some abbreviations for various species taken from Winged Wisdom. If anyone can think of some others please add them. Would be great to have a final list that we can sticky.

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
IRN - Indian ringneck
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
YCA - Yellow crowned Amazon
YCM - Yellow Collared Macaw
YNA - Yellow Naped Amazon

Courtesy....
http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww1e.htm

I added IRN in there too.

[Mari P]

Woooohooooo! Thanks Abby, you're awesome!!
And a sticky is a great idea!

[CaliforniaBirdMom]

Thanks, and you're right - I would have been too embarrassed to ask about ALL of them!!!
I learned alot and was surprised at how many I had figured out correctly. Not bad for a novice!!!

[Mari P]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaBirdMom

Thanks, and you're right - I would have been too embarrassed to ask about ALL of them!!!
I learned alot and was surprised at how many I had figured out correctly. Not bad for a novice!!!

I knew a lot of them too. I was surprised as well. I can't say I'm a novice but in comparison to Abby and the rest of these folks, probably so. I know conures....but didn't know there were so MANY....