Evidence: nutrition / feeding of companion birds (psittacine & pet bird)
Source: Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search — first-hand peer-reviewed abstract records, pulled 2026-07-22. Query: (parrot OR psittacine OR "pet bird") AND (diet OR feeding OR nutrition). The cluster returns 3670 records in Europe PMC; 6 representative studies are extracted below. Abstract text is verbatim from source; each study is traceable by PMID.
Studies
- PMID 41745979 (2026, Veterinary sciences) — Characterization and Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiomes in Fourteen Parrot Species.. Although the gut microbiome constitutes a key component of vertebrate physiology, comparative baseline data for companion birds, particularly parrots, remain limited.
- PMID 42339789 (2026, Journal of applied animal welfare science : JAAWS) — A Survey of Environmental Enrichment Practices from Guardians of Companion Parrots.. Parrots are among the most popular pets, yet few studies have examined how guardians provide their birds with environmental enrichment (EE).
- PMID 42296149 (2026, PloS one) — Not an infection: Endogenous circoviral elements underlie BFDV detections in Old World vultures.. Circoviruses (family Circoviridae) are small, single-stranded DNA viruses known to infect a broad range of bird species.
- PMID 42221949 (2026, Frontiers in veterinary science) — Behavioral assessment of blue-fronted Amazon parrots (<i>Amazona aestiva</i> Linnaeus, 1758) subjected to experimentally induced osteoarthritis and rescue analgesia with tramadol in a laboratory environment.. <h4>Introduction</h4>This study aimed to identify behavioral changes in three blue-fronted Amazon parrots (<i>Amazona aestiva</i>) subjected to experimental induction of osteoarthritis and subsequent tramadol rescue anal
- PMID 41153875 (2025, Animals : an open access journal from MDPI) — Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease: Global Spread, International Trade, and Conservation Challenges.. Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease (PBFD) is a highly contagious viral condition caused by <i>Circovirus parrot</i>-commonly known as Beak and Feather Disease Virus (BFDV)-a small, single-stranded DNA virus of the famil
- PMID 42147779 (2026, Animal welfare (South Mimms, England)) — PsittaWel: A welfare assessment tool for companion parrots.. While parrots are popular companion animals, many experience significant welfare challenges, often resulting from not fulfilling their behavioural, environmental, and social needs.
Source text: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_exotic_avian_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt (Europe PMC first-hand abstracts, pulled 2026-07-22).