LILAC CROWNED AMAZON:PET=yes IMPORT=yes AGE=37+ years ago was wild caught...could be a hundred or more. FEMALE. DESCRIPTION=She smells like sweet honey flowers. DIET=She is on seed 4x weekly and Zupreem 3x weekly. She has fruits, vegetables, pasta, beans, rice and meat. She sometimes has cheese, but has eggs at least 3 times weekly. COMMENTS=She smells great. She doesn't seem to smell my breath but she can smell her eggs cooking a mile away and will toot until it is delivered. - Submitted by Renee of CA.

CONGO AFRICAN GREY:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=3 MALE. DESCRIPTION=I would describe his odor as a musky feather smell. Escpecially after being outside or when frightened. DIET=Was on Zupreem Natural then switched to Harrison High Potency. He began feather snapping on Harrisons, so now I am looking to find a new pellet. Possibly Scenic. Also he is fed broccoli, kale, carrots, sweet potatoes and anything healthy that we eat. - Submitted by Andrea of MI.

GREY CHEEKED PARAKEET:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=6 SEX UNKNOWN. DESCRIPTION=Hank smells like roasted peanuts. DIET=Apples, grapes, peaches, pineapple, pasta, corn, some nuts, beans, bread, and cereal. He has vitamin A supplement in water. - Submitted by A'isha of MD.

QUAKER:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=3 MALE. DESCRIPTION=Fruity...all my quakers still have this smell. My CAG {2years} smells different and she has the same diet with the addition of chicken and bones a few times a week. she has a mild flowery smell. I don't feed pellets everyday. Sometimes I miss a few weeks. DIET=Seed and Zupreem fruity pellets along with carrots, broccoli, orange, watermelon, cantalope, peas, green beans, wheat bread and assorted table food. COMMENTS=I am not at all aware of parrots smelling. I know their sense of taste is very different from ours, so I would not be at all surprised that the smell is different also - Submitted by A'isha of MD.

COCKATIEL:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=U FEMALE. DESCRIPTION=I at first thought the smell was coming from the seeds and honey stick but now it seems the SMELL is coming from the head area of one of my two. DIET=Seeds, honey stick, broccoli, crackers, banana chips, millett, grass, popcorn, water. - Submitted by Heather Taylor.

GOULDIAN FINCHES:BREEDERS=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=1 TO 2 SEX UNKNOWN. DESCRIPTION=Musty stench - very repulsive. DIET=Smell started after birds were switched to Zupreen pellets. When I went back to Abba seed smell ceased in a week. - Submitted by Michael Molnar of NJ.

CHERRYHEAD CONURE:BREEDER=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=3 SEX UNKNOWN. DESCRIPTION=Smells like fruit and socks. Incidentally, her favorite toy is a sock. DIET=Her dry diet is: Pretty Bird African, Zupreme, dried fruit, and seed as a treat. She eats every kind of people food she can get her little beak on. COMMENTS=Kiwi likes fruit scented things, her favorite being banana. She doesn't like how I smell when I come back from the barn, or the smell of my saddle, leather cleaner (I don't let her near it), or coffee. - Submitted by Niamh.

ENGLISH BUDGIE:BREEDER=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=3 FEMALE. DESCRIPTION=I'm not sure excactly- stinky, sick fruit. It's worse when she is wet, but my vet says she is heathly. Just smells like a dirty bird. DIET=She eats mostly people food, along with Pretty Bird, Zupreme, and Sunseed Small Hook. COMMENTS=She has no sense of smell at all. - Submitted by Niamh.

QUAKER PARROT:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=2 SEX UNKNOWN. DESCRIPTION=Her breath odor smells sour. Sometime with this smell she will vomit up the content of her crop. I have had her to the vet with no luck. One time they noticed higher than normal yeast. She is still doing this and it does worry me. DIET=Roudybush, table food, corn, pasta and bean mash mix. Some seed. - Submitted by Gina of MA.

LOVEBIRD:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=1 MALE. DESCRIPTION=When wet, reminiscent of a wet dog. Once put vitamins in water instead of on food, had extremely runny, discolored droppings that smelled very strongly of the vitamins, but with a much worse overtone. Perhaps the fruit flavor made him drink more water than he was used to. DIET=Kaytee conure seed, variety of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and cereal. Powdered Vitaflight. - Submitted by Gina of MA.

SUN CONURE, SENEGAL, MYERS, AMAZON, COCKATIEL:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=3 SEX UNKNOWN AGES=1, 1, 8, 13, 4. DESCRIPTION=My sun conure has almost a rotten reak of his cage. None of the others bird have this. The Amazon has a sour smell also. But the sun conure is so bad. IT smells worse then anything I've ever smelled. DIET=Zupreem fruit mix, pellets, seed. - Submitted by Jillian G. of NY.

YELLOW COLLARED MACAW:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=3 MALE. DESCRIPTION=When he regurgitates food for me (awww), he always smells just like buttered popcorn. DIET=Fruits, oatmeal, soy milk, nuts, yams with Smart Balance margerine. Trying to get him on some pellets. COMMENTS=When I offer new food, both parrots seem to move their tongues against their beaks, as if tasting the food--even though it is nowhere within reach yet. Is this them "smelling" the food? I don't know, but they do use this to either refuse or accept a first taste, as if they can tell beforehand whether they will like it. - Submitted by Morgan.

MAXMILLIAN PIONUS:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=1 SEX UNKNOWN. DESCRIPTION=She smells like fruit punch. Cherries with a touch of citrus. DIET=Cricket eats zupreem and occasional fruits and veggies such as nectarines, apples and corn. COMMENTS=Cricket avoids fresh bananas as though they were the plague, has never tried them and will not come near them until they have dried. She will eat them once they are dry. She refuses to approach the food bowl if there are bananas in it, she doesn't even look in, she knows when they are there. She also doesn't seem to like fresh strong citrus scents either as she won't approch these fruits until they are dried out either. - Submitted by Amy Phillips of GA.

DUSKY HEADED CONURE:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=2.5 FEMALE. DESCRIPTION=She has a puke-like smell that seems to be coming from her back. I've bathed her several times, and changed the blankets she sleeps with in her box. Still has the smell though. DIET=Her diet hasn't changed recently. She eats a staple of Zupreme Parrot pellets. She also gets fresh grapes each day, Kaytee yogurt dipped fruits, whole grains, bread, vegetables, and on occasion - oats and seed. COMMENTS=She seems to have a keen sense of smell. She can tell what things are before I show them to her. - Submitted by Christopher Parr of ON.

MEXICAN REDHEAD AMAZON:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=n/a FEMALE. DESCRIPTION=Very musky when excited. I think it resembles the odor of broccoli that is on the verge of turning bad. My husband likes the odor. We also have a male Mexican red-head and he gives off the same odor. They aren't a pair, as they are in separate rooms and don't tolerate each other. DIET=No supplements given. Diet consists of Goldenfeast South American Blend and Hookbill legume. We have also fed one of the Tropican blends. Lola won't eat people food and even seems scared of it. COMMENTS=I don't know if birds can smell or how well, but they sure have good eyesight. They can spot people food a mile away! - Submitted by Holly Estey of NH.

BLUE AND GOLD MACAW:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=1 FEMALE. DESCRIPTION=Sweet, 'nutty'. DIET=Various fresh fruits, veggies, pellets, nuts, whole grains. COMMENTS=My cockatiel has the same, sweet, 'nutty' scent, to a bit lesser degree than the blue & gold macaw; however, my severe macaw isn't nearly as noticeable as either of them. - Submitted by The Reverend1 of CA.

NORMAL GREY COCKATIEL:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=9 to 10 MALE. DESCRIPTION=The only time I smell an odor from my tiel is when he needs a bath. It's not a strong odor and I don't know how to describe it. Almost sulphery, I guess. I stick him in the bathroom sink and rinse him off with lukewarm water and he's smell free afterwards. DIET=ZuPreem fruit blend cockatiel pellets, Hartz cockatiel seed, millet spray or fruit & seed honey bar once a week, various veggies--carrots & broccoli mostly, Cheerios & once in a while, popcorn for treats. He also gets the crunchy parts of my morning english muffins--dry, of course. He also gets chicken & scrambled or hard-boiled eggs on occasion. COMMENTS=Buddy has an excellent sense of smell. He can always smell fresh baked rolls, toast, & popcorn being made. He lets you know not to forget to give him some. If you're fixing something that he likes, he can smell it and will always tell you he wants some too. - Submitted by Maryanne Geiss of NY.

RED LORED AMAZON:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=16 FEMALE. DESCRIPTION=Now and then during the day she smells very strongly to me. We haven't had her long so I haven't really noticed a pattern as to when she smells and when she doesn't. The odor smells like cat pee. Sounds terrible but there it is. My husband claims he can't smell it ever. The rest of the time she just smells like a bird. DIET=pasta, mixed seed, Harrison's pellets, cereal, oatmeal cookies, eggs. COMMENTS=I haven't noticed that any of our 3 birds smell very well. They all have to taste something to see if they like it. If they don't, they shake their head and try something else. - Submitted by Leslie Sowden of CA.

COCKATIEL:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=2 MALE. DESCRIPTION=has almost a coconut smell to him at most times, scent sometimes reminds me of a soft fuzzy towel if that makes any sense to anyone! DIET=no- sun parrot food for small hookbills (consists of many seeds like safflower) supplemented with protein 25, packaged dried bugs, cuttle bone powder, Nekton "S" for essential vitamins and minerals. also given fresh fruit and veggies, an occasional treat of safe birdy treats like dried papaya, crackers etc. COMMENTS=can smell toast in the toaster from another room, and loves Mexican food. - Submitted by Colleem Turner.

MOUSTACHE PARAKEET:PET=yes DOMESTIC=yes AGE=3. DESCRIPTION=Slightly sweet, semi vanilla-rosey odor. Stronger after he has rubbed his scent wick. DIET=Fresh fruits, vegetables, seed, pellet - Submitted by Lance.

RED LORED AMAZON:PET=yes IMPORT=yes AGE=~17 years old. DESCRIPTION=musky sweet odor more prevelent in the Spring. Sometimes "her" breath smells like dried fish food. DIET=Kaytee Bird pellets. Vitamin drops in water. Seed mixture for breakfast 1tsp. Almonds in the shell 5-10 per day "she" really likes them. 15% people food i.e. pizza, spaghetti, potatoes, and other such items. "she" really doesn't like fresh fruit or vegetables. They get thrown out of her cage. - Submitted by Sherri.

MOUSTACHE PARAKEET: Domestic 6-month old pet hen. Her name is Dharma-Xena. DESCRIPTION=Her breath has a strong, sweet, honey-like scent that was noticable the first time I handled her. It can be masked by some human foods but is consistent otherwise. DIET=Mix of pellets including Kaytee,Roudybush and Zupreem with a daily "garnish" of dried fruits, nuts and seeds. Fresh fruits, vegetables or sprouts most days - favorite is jalapenos. And of course - whatever I'm eating that's reasonably bird friendly - especially rice chex and mexican food. Drinks Evian exclusively. - Submitted by Randal Melton.

BLUEFRONT AMAZON: I think it is a sweet/musky scent..which to me is pleasing. Seems stronger when she is scared or excited. My sister thinks she smells like dirty laundry. I guess scent is in the nose of the beholder. DIET=Kelli eats Scenic pellets and a very wide variety of "people food". She has some sort of fresh fruits and vegetables every day. Also is given small amounts of meat a few times a week. She does not get any vitamin supplements other than a once or twice a month dusting of spirulina on her soft foods. - Submitted by Janice Granai.

SUN CONURE: Domestic bred pet, AGE=about 4 months, DESCRIPTION=Has the faint smell of bulk seeds, DIET=Kaytee Exact Fortified Diet, with occassional seeds as treats. Daily liquid vitamin supplements added to food. - Submitted by Spencer.

DOUBLE YELLOWHEAD AMAZON: Pet male, AGE=9-10 years, DESCRIPTION=Sweet, kind like hay, seems to be concentrated in the area of his cere, DIET=Harrison's, bean/rice mix, bird bread- cornmeal base with carrots,spirulina,broccoli, carrots, sweet potato, corn, broccoli, nutriberries, pasta - Submitted by Lark.

CONGO AFRICAN GREY,Domestic Pet: AGE=1 1/2, Female. DESCRIPTION=Our CAG smells sweet most of the time. Like a baby, like warm baby cereal or baby food. She did smell funny when she was eating Zupreem. She smells best after her shower. DIET=She is on Lafebers pellet food...but not for much longer! We are switching to a human grade non toxic food. - Submitted by Roxi Doll of NY.

BLUECROWNED CONURE, Domestic Pet: AGE=2 DESCRIPTION=He has an odor that I love and my husband doesn't! It smells to me like a grainy, feathery smell. My husband thinks it smells like dust, I disagree!! His smell does change based on his diet. He stunk when he was eating Lafeber pellets, he also peed a lot! DIET=Trying a variety of pellets to see what makes him pee the less, right now it is Roudybush, Katyee and Hagen. Fresh broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, yams, corn, frozen mixed veggies, peas, beans, etc. Birdy bread, which I make fresh for him, lots of good stuff in it which he may pick out otherwise! - Submitted by Angela Aspeslet of WI.

TIMNEH AFRICAN GREY, Domestic Hen: AGE=3 DESCRIPTION=When she is outside during the day, she smells like zoo animals. It is difficult to describe, but the smell makes me think of the zoo. It is a very exotic smell, I think it is a little sulfur-ish. It is most pronounced when she has been outside. Very rarely, she will develop an odor when she has been inside the house. DIET=Harrison's pellets. Apples, carrots, broccoli, oranges and people food i.e. pasta, peas, fruit sticks, lettuce, bok choy, (whatever we are having for dinner that is low fat and fairly healthy). - Submitted by Mona Delgado.

BLUE & GOLD MACAW: AGE=3 years old DESCRIPTION=zues has a mildew odor about him from time to time. its nothing that a good shower doesn't seem to stop. it only last about a week or so every 5 to 6 months. it's not terrible but can be annoying. fortunately for him i love him so much that i manage to tolerate the unenjoyable odor while it last. DIET=zues eats everything under the sun. he has parrot food, meats vegtables nuts fruits. he eats practically everything i eat and then some. oh yeah he loves pasta noodles. - Submitted by Virginia Thompson of MD.

BLUEFRONTED AMAZON (Amazona aestiva aestiva): Imported Female Pet. AGE=approx. 20 yrs. old. DESCRIPTION= Normal: just a little "dusky" as feathers do. Excited: something like honey combined with a little musk. - this also appears when the bird is scratching the lores. Smell gets stronger when "in the mood". This smell is NOT emitted from the beak or other part of the body than the lores. Also is independent from what the bird fed before. DIET=1/3 Pellets (Harrison's), 1/3 common parrot seed mix, 1/3 a variety of fruits and veggies. COMMENTS=From this observation, I expected that at least Amazons do have a special gland at the lores for this smell, but checking all those clever books (Ritchie et al.) gave no hints. - Submitted by H.J. Pfeffer of Germany.

PIONUS: Male & Female Pets.AGE=2 to 5 yrs. old. DESCRIPTION= Musky baby powder. DIET=Harrisons, Roudybush and Zupreem pellets--Sprouted lentils and Sunflower, Parrot-Deli, carrots, cantaloupe, broccoli--almond for treats. COMMENTS= I think pheromones or this birdy smell is part of what we term "hooked on birds" or birdaholic. - Submitted by Sandy Bortnick

DOMESTIC PETS: U'Too, Bronze Wing Pionus, & Dbl.Yellow Amazon AGE=1 year, 2 years, & 1 year, respectively. DESCRIPTION= BWP(F) & Amazon(?)...strong, musky smell...similar in both parrots, but much stronger with Amazon...U'Too(M)...beak area has a "milky" smell to it...with a sour edge to it...DIET=Weekly sprinkling of Lafeber 13 Avi-Vitamins...2-3 times/week sprinkling of Spirulina...Ornabac sprinkling used daily during heavy molting. - Submitted by Brian S.

WHITE CAP PIONUS: AGE=2, 2 & 1, breeders and pets, domestically bred, both male & female represented. COMMENTS=Wonderful ... like musty hay in a hay barn. Love the smell of Pionus. Can't ever get enough. Scent is especially strong right now with my hormonal almost two year old Male... oh dear .... love that smell!!! Almost as wonderful as those deep beautiful brown PIONUS eyes!!! DIET=Varied diet ... veggies/fruits/grains/pasta/seeds/nuts/some pellets..... anything they'll eat in moderation. VERY limited on table foods... mostly fresh, organic...also sprouts, spirulina, calcium magnesium liquid, blue green algae..... lots of variety! - Submitted by Roxanne Frost

ORANGE WING AMAZON: AGE=7 years, COMMENTS=Her body has a light rose/cinnamon odor, and her breath is just a bit sour. She smells the same before and after bathing, and a change in diet does NOT affect her odor.(I tried by taking her off Exact and fruits and giving her breeder kibble without flavors and veggies with no fruits). DIET=Kaytee Exact, weekly meat (chicken or beef,@15 gms)3x weekly raw produce in season or frozen veggie mix, whole grain dry toast (1" square) daily, pasta when we have it, table veggies, tap water (high Ca content). - Submitted by Kathy Hudson

SUN CONURE: AGE=approx. 2 years, COMMENTS=It is hard to say what my bird smells like, other than a bird. But there is a definite odor, and I like it. Just like a clean cat or dog has a good animal smell, so does my bird. I have not noticed any change in the 2 years I have had her. Sometimes when we cuddle, I bury my nose in her feathers and breath deeply, she smells very good to me." DIET=Seed/pellet mix available all day - along with alot of apples, wheat breads, peanuts, banana, pasta. oh, yeah, and caffeine free coke! - Submitted by Tiffany Cady

CARRIKER'S (Red-fronted) CONURE: AGE=9 months, COMMENTS=When I feed add Pretty Bird Pellets, he emits a pungent odor. This appears to increase proportionally to the amount of these pellets in his diet. For what it's worth, however, other brands make his poop more watery and strange-colored. They are the most normal looking with Pretty Bird." - Submitted by Linda Miller

MOLUCCAN COCKATOO: AGE=15-16 years old, DESCRIPTION="Breath smells very sweet, almost fruity. Very distinctive and the odor is much stronger when he is frightened or upset." DIET=RoudyBush Pellets (just learning to eat pellets after life long diet of seeds). Occasionally tries Harrisons but doesn't really like it. Almonds in the shell, peanuts when I give them, grapefruit, bananas, greenbeans, blueberries, grapes, beet tops, parsley, swiss chard, and of course sunflower seeds which I have phased out completly within the last two weeks. So far he refuses any pastas, legumes, cereals or table food and will not eat any veggies if they have been cooked. - Submitted by Georgia

TIMNEH GREYS: Breeders. ODOR DESCRIPTION: "Smell a bit like cauliflower when they're ready." - Submitted by Carol Brasaemle

DOMESTIC NANDAY CONURE: Pet, 4 years old. ODOR DESCRIPTION: "Somewhat smoky, yeasty odor (barely discernable). Not keyed to anything I can tell. Not always present." DIET: Pretty Bird, Nutriberries, (healthy) table scraps. Raw pecans and peanuts. Iodized avian vitamins (ARC Labs.)12 drops/day in 1 of 2 water dishes. - Submitted by Larry Drown