Hi Mark and/or Mandy,
Sounds exactly like beak and feather disease - but I can't see the photo.
It's an endemic virus which specifically affects parrots - we've had several
cockatoos with it up in Hornsby over the last year.
Cheers,
Ed
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> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:48:26 +1000
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Re: Diseased or deformed Red-Rumped Parrot
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> I saw an unusual Red-rumped Parrot at Windsor on the weekend. It's a very
> scrawny female, with a deformed mandible. Instead of having a usual formed
> beak, the mandible is a large bulbous mass.
>
> I was wondering if others have noticed other birds with this condition, and
> whether people know what causes it.
>
>
>
> Link to the picture I took of it.
> http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/MTY400/Birds/Small%20Files/Red-rump
> edParrot002Canon1000.jpg
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>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark and/or Mandy
>
>
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