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A pet Congo African Grey Parrot displaying signs of extensive feather-plucking.
When housed under captive or commercial conditions, birds often show a range of abnormal behaviours. These are often self-injurious or harmful to other individuals, and include:
- Feather pecking
- Cannibalism
- Vent pecking
- Toe pecking
- Feather plucking
- Stereotypies
- Polydipsia
- Sham or "vacuum" dustbathing
See also
- Animal captivity
- Animal psychopathology
- Battery cages
- Furnished cages
- Chicken
- Comparative psychology
- Stereotypy
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