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As responsible pet bird owners, we all should be aware of
any plant or item that may be harmful or poisonous to our
precious pet birds.

Below is a fairly comprehensive list of plants that may be
poisonous or harmful to your pet bird.

Be very careful when letting birds out in the home or aviary
to exercise, they are very curious creatures and will nibble
on a wide variety of plants.

It's always better to be safer than sorry. If you have any of
these plants in your home or might think about feeding them, please
get rid of the plants.


Symptoms of poisoning may include:

vomiting
difficulty with breathing
seizure
coma


If you have any doubt at all whether your pet bird may be
poisoned or not, immediately call your local poison control
center or avian veterinarian.


List of Poisonous or Harmful Plants


Aconite
Agaric Mushroom
Alacia
Amaryllis - bulbs
American Yew
Apricot (Pits and Bark)
Autumn Crocus
Avocado
Azalea


Balsam Pear - seeds, outer rind of fruit
Baneberry - berries, root
Beans - all types if uncooked
Bird of Paradise - seeds
Birch
Bittersweet Nightshade
Bleeding Heart/Dutchman's Breeches
Bloodroot
Black Locust - bark, sprouts, foliage
Bleeding Heart
Blue Flag
Bluebonnet
Blue-green Algae
Bracken Fern
Broomcorn Grass
Boxwood - leaves, stems
Buckthorn - fruit, bark
Buckeye
Buttercup - sap, bulbs


Cabbage
Caffeine
Caladium - leaves
Calla Lily - leaves
Candelabra Tree
Cardinal Flower
Castor Bean - also castor oil, leaves
Chalice Vine/Trumpet vine
Cherry (Leaves, twigs, seeds, pits)
Chestnut
Chinaberry Tree
Christmas Candle - sap
Clematis/Virginia Bower
Coral Plant - seeds
Cowslip/Marsh Marigold
Croton
Crown of Thorns


Daffodil - bulbs
Daphne - berries
Datura - berries
Deadly Amanita
Death Camas
Delphinium
Deffenbachia
Dumb Cane


Elderberry
Eggplant - fruit okay
Elephants Ear - leaves, stem
English Ivy berries, leaves
English Yew
Euonymus/Spindle Tree


False Henbane
Ficus
Firethorn
Fly Agaric Mushroom
Foxglove - leaves, seeds


Ghostweed
Glory Bean
Golden Chain
Ground Cherry


False Hellebore
Ficus (weeping)
Firethorn/Pyracantha
Four O'Clock


Hemlock - also water the plant is in
Henbane - seeds
Henbane Fly
Holly - berries
Honey Locust
Honeysuckle
Horse Chestnut/Buckeye - nuts, twigs
Horsetail
Hyacinth - bulbs
Hydrangea - flower bud


Indian Licorice
Inkberry
Indian Turnip/Jack-in-Pulpit
Iris/Blue Flag - bulbs

Jasmine
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Japanese Yew - needles, seeds
Java Bean - lima bean - uncooked
Jerusalem Cherry - berries
Juniper - needles, stems, berries
Jimsonweed/Thornapple
Johnson Grass

Kentucky Coffee Tree


Lupines/Bluebonnet

Lantana - immature berries
Larkspur
Laurel
Lily of the Valley
Lima bean
Lobelia
Locoweed
Lords and Ladies/Cuckoopint
Lupines

Mandrake
Mango Tree
Marijuana/Hemp - leaves
Marsh Marigold
Mayapple - fruit is safe
Meadow
Mescal Beans - seeds
Mistletoe - berries
Mock Orange - fruit
Monkshood/Aconite - leaves, root
Morning Glory
Moonseed
Mountain Laurel
Mushrooms


Narcissus - bulbs
Nectarine
Nettles
Nightshade - all varieties
Nutmeg


Oak - acorns, foliage
Oleander - leaves, branches, nectar


Peach (Leaves, twigs, seeds)
Pear seeds
Peanuts - raw
Pencil Tree
Periwinkle
Philodendron - leaves and stem
Pigweed
Pikeweed
Pine (Needles, twigs, sap)
Plum
Pointsetta - leaves, roots, immature
Poison Ivy - sap
Poison Oak - sap
Pokeweed/Inkberry - leaf,root,young berries
Potato - eyes, new shoots
Pothos
Prune
Privet
Pyracantha


Rain Tree
Ranunculus/Buttercup
Red Maple
Rhododendron
Rhubarb - leaves
Rosary Peas/Indian Licorice - seeds

Saffron
Sandbox Tree
Scarlet
Scarlet Runner Beans
Skunk Cabbage
Snowflake
Snow on the Mountain/Ghostweed
Snowdrop
Spindle Tree
Sorghum Grass
Sorrel
Sudan Grass
Sweet Pea - seeds, fruit


Tansy Ragwort
Taro
Thornapple
Tobacco - leaves
Tomato All green parts
Trumpet

Vetch
Virginia Creeper
Virginia Bower Coral

Water Hemlock
Western Yew
Wisteria

Yello Jasmine
Yew (Amer,Engl,Japan) - needles, thistles
Yam bean - roots, immature roots


Other items which may harm your Pet Birds

Asbestos
Bleach / Chlorine
Carbon Monoxide
Cigarette Smoke
Diazanon
Flea Bombs and Collars
Floor Polishes
Formaldehyde
Hair Dye and Spray
House Paint
Kerosene
Matches
Moth Balls
Nail Polish & Remover
Oil Paint
Oven Cleaner
Overheated Nonstick
Cookware/Teflons
Paint Remover
Perfume
Permanent Wave Solution
Pesticides
Shoe Polish and Cleaners
Spot Removers
Spray Starch
Suntan Lotions
Surgical Acrylics
Toilet Cleaners
Wax


See Also:

Your Pet Bird & how the Air it Breathes affects it's Health

Bird Safety Tips for your Home

Bird Friendly Home Cleaning Products