Aviculture

Eggs of various birds, a [[turtle, various cartilaginous fish, a cuttlefish and various butterflies and moths. (Click on image for key)|right|thumb|link=File:Adolphe_Millot_oeufs-fixed.jpg#Key]]

species of bird

species of bird

species of bird

thumb|right|Budgerigars and a [[cockatiel in captivity]]Aviculture is the practice of keeping and breeding birds, especially of wild birds in captivity, and including poultry, in controlled conditions, normally within the confines of a cage or an aviary.

thumb|Two children with parrot cage (painting by Georg Friedrich Kersting, c. 1835) thumb|British birdcage, c. 1750, mahogany and brass, overall: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

grouping of eggs in a nest

different birds that can mimic human speech

component of avian reproduction

thumb|Sign about Western tragopans near Sarahan, [[Himachal Pradesh, India]]

thumb|right|A brooding white tern (Gygis alba). Broodiness is the action or behavioral tendency to sit on a clutch of eggs to incubate them, often requiring the non-expression of many other behaviors including feeding and drinking. Being broody has been defined as "Being in a state of readiness to brood eggs that is characterized by cessation of laying and by marked changes in behavior and physiology". Broodiness is usually associated with female birds, although males of some bird species become broody and some non-avian animals also show broodiness.

domestic pigeon bred for various traits relating to size, shape, color, and behavior

Several species used as cage birds

European association of breeders of poultry, pigeons, cage-birds, rabbits and guinea-pigs

talking budgie

trimming a bird's primary flight feathers to prevent or reduce flight

Conures are a diverse, loosely defined group of small to medium-sized parrots. They belong to several genera within a long-tailed group of the New World parrot subfamily Arinae. Most conures belong to the tribe Arini, though Myiopsitta is an exception. The term "conure" is used primarily in bird keeping, though it has appeared in some scientific journals. The American Ornithologists' Union uses the generic term parakeet for all species elsewhere called conure, though Joseph Forshaw, a prominent Australian ornithologist, uses conure.

divination by means of parrot picking cards

extrinsic allergic alveolitis which is caused by inhalation of antigens from avian excreta, symptoms are abrupt onset of dyspnea, cough, malaise, and fever after exposure to antigen

thumb|250px|1875 illustration of swans being pinioned during the Swan Upping Pinioning is the act of surgically removing one pinion joint, the joint of a bird's wing furthest from the body, to prevent flight. Pinioning is often done to waterfowl and poultry. Sometimes it is done in zoos in order to have birds in roofless enclosures. It is not typically done to companion bird species such as parrots. This practice is restricted in many countries.

thumb|right|The red-shouldered macaw, at 12–14 inches long, is sometimes called a mini-macaw. Mini-macaws are a loosely defined group of small-to-medium-sized macaw species within the tribe Arini. The term has no fixed taxonomic meaning and is principally used in aviculture to describe a small macaw belonging to one of a number of different genera, with overall length being the sole criterion for inclusion. Any macaw with an overall length (including the tail) of less than about 50 cm (20 inches) can be described as a "mini-macaw". Additionally, the "mini-" prefix may be added to the spec

parrot kept as a pet