BIRD SPECIES LIST

Are you able to test my bird species?

Over the years we have built up an extensive database of birds for which we are able to determine the gender using DNA analysis.

If yours is not listed, do not worry…it is still likely that we can sex your bird for you – DNA testing is very versatile and we do like a challenge! Also our database is continually being updated.

If possible for new species, it is most helpful if you could also send us a sample from a bird of the same species that you know to be female. We will test this alongside your sample at no extra charge for comparison. Without a known female sample your results report may show as “indicative” of a male or female.

Bird Species List
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Emden Goose
Pink Eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)
Toulouse Goose
Sebastopol Goose
African Hawk-Eagle (Aquila spilogaster)
Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus Barbary Falcon (Falco pelegrinoides)
Bicolored Hawk (Accipiter bicolor Black-Chested Buzzard-Eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)
Black Sparrowhawk/Goshawk (Accipiter melanoleucus)
Black-Chested Buzzard-Eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)
Bonnelli’s Eagle (Aquila fasciata)
Brookei Peregrine (Falco peregrinus brookei)
Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus)
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Crowned Eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
European/Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
Gyr x Merlin Hybrid Gyr x Peregrine Hybrid Gyr x Saker Hybrid Harris Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
Lugger Falcon
Merlin Falcon (Falco columbarius)
New Zealand Falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae)
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis
Red-naped Shaheen Falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator)
Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)
Sea Eagle (Haliaaetus)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
Abyssinian Eagle Owl (Bubo cinerascens)
African/Dark Breasted Barn Owl (Tyto alba affinis)
Asian Wood Owl
Barn Owl ( Tyto alba ) Bengal Owl (Bubo bengalensis)
Boobook Owl (Ninox boobook)
Brown Wood Owl (Strix leptogrammica)
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
Chocó Screech Owl (Megascops centralis)
Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)
Greyish-Eagle Owl/Vermiculated Owl (Bubo cinerascens)
(Northern) Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)
Indian Scops Owl (Otus krameri)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Milky Eagle Owl/Verreaux's Eagle Owl (Bubo lacteus)
Oriental Bay Owl (Phodilus badius)
Screech Owl (Strix acio)
Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
Spotted Eagle-Owl (Bubo africanus)
Striped Owl ( Asio clamator)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) Tropical Screech Owl (Megascops choliba)
Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)
Vermiculated/Greyish Eagle-Owl (Bubo cinerascens)
Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii)
White Face Scops/Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis)
African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
Alexandrine Parrot (Psittacula eupatria)
Black-Headed Caique/Parrot (Pionites melanocephalus Blue-and-Gold/Blue-and-Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
Blue-Headed Pionus/Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
Budgie
Double Yellow Headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix)
Galah Cockatoo (Eolophus roseicapilla)
Green-Cheeked Conure/Parakeet (Pyrrhura molinae)
Green-Winged/Red-and-Green Macaw (Ara chloropterus)
Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
Indian Ring-necked/Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Kakariki/New Zealand Parakeets (Cyanoramphus)
Love Bird (Agapornis)
Masked/Yellow-collared Love Bird (Agapornis personatus)
Meyers Parrot (Poicephalus meyeri)
Moustached/Red-Breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
Pineapple Conure (Pyrrhua molinae Pineapple colour mutation)
Port Lincoln/Australian ring-necked Parrot (Barnardius zonarius)
Quaker/Monk Parrot (Myiopsitta monachus) Red-and-Green/Green-Winged Macaw (Ara chloropterus)
Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameria)
Rosella (Platycercus)
Rubino Rosella Parrot (Platycercus elegans)
Scaly-Breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus)
Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus)
Yellow-thighed/White-bellied/White-breasted Caique (Pionites leucogaster xanthomeria)
Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus)
Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
Racing/Homing Pigeon (Columba livia domestica)
Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae )
Rhea (Struthio americanus)
African White Backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)
Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Siberian Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Silkie Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum)
White-necked raven (Corvus albicollis)

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