Any of your birds have black spots on their tongue?

LauraC

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Fuji - Moustache Parakeet 6 yrs Old
Fujiā€™s tongue has a black spot on it. He has always had it. I remember my lineolated parakeet also had this so it got me wondering? What color are your bird(s) tongue(s). Fujiā€™s is light pinkish with the black dot.
 

LeaKP

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Interesting! Nigelā€™s tongue is all black, I think that is normal for greys.


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Aratingettar

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Sun tĢ¶eĢ¶rĢ¶rĢ¶oĢ¶rĢ¶iĢ¶sĢ¶tĢ¶ CĢ¶oĢ¶nĢ¶uĢ¶rĢ¶eĢ¶ terrorist Cytrynka (F),
Peach faced lovebird Fiona (F),
Peach faced lovebird Fionek (M)
Cytrynka's is charcoal black, too. Uniform color, no spots.
 

Squeekmouse

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Yoda, Green Cheek Conure - Trigger, Congo African Grey
Yoda's tongue is mostly pinkish with some black speckles and what looks like a black stripe actually... he was quite disgruntled that I interrupted his neck cuddling time to open his mouth and look at his tongue... but he forgives me. :)
 

Laurasea

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My GCC has a grey and black tongue, that way since I got her, like a pied tongue, I always figured it was part if the cinnamon color as her heet and beak are light
 

Jottlebot

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My Alexandrine's tongue is mostly pink with a black splodge on it...I think it's gross, but I can't stop looking at it!
 

Owlet

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Lincoln (Eclectus), Apollo (Cockatiel), Aster (GCC)
Lincoln's tongue only has a black tip.

Not my picture but its normal in (male) ekkies
eclectus-tongue-4.jpg
 

LeaKP

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Of course my greyā€™s tongue is all black. Iā€™m fascinated by Kevin! He ā€œlicksā€ his beak (never seen that before) and itā€™s cute for sure.


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noodles123

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Umbrella Cockatoo- 15? years old..I think?
lol----I accidentally pinched my cockatoo's tongue today WITH MY NAIL!!!
She seemed totally calm about it haha.
I was trying to grab a fleck of junk off of her beak and *pinch* haha
 
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LauraC

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Fuji - Moustache Parakeet 6 yrs Old
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I just thought it was weird that Fujiā€™s had black spots but I guess it is common. I will need to ask my Avian vet next time why some birds have the spots. Unless any of the experts here know?
 

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