WTH is this

[mandymmr]

I've seen her a handful of times do this & finally caught it on video.
Nothing comes up/out (regurgitating). Basically only when scratching her ear she does the wide open beak thing.
Gggrrrr help

 

[Macawnutz]

Video's have to be uploaded to something like youtube before linking.

 

[mandymmr]

GOT IT

 

[Donna turner]

My gcc does this a lot when she's scratching her head. I thought maybe her ears itched but I've seen other people on here say that yawning is them adjusting their crops

 

[JLcribber]

That's called scratchin' an itch!! It just feels good.

Scratch her behind the ear and she'll do it everytime. Most birds do it.

 

[Laurul Feather Cat]

My vet says it compensates for the change in pressure inside the ear canal when it is disturbed. I panicked when I first saw it many moons ago.....

 

[orphansparrow]

Yep. It's a nice ear-scratchy. Totally darling little nugget you have there by they way!

 

[mandymmr]

She does the mouthing though even with NO scratching. I know it isn't yawning either, she opens & shuts repetitively.

 

[orphansparrow]

She does the mouthing though even with NO scratching. I know it isn't yawning either, she opens & shuts repetitively.

Well, she may be just adjusting the pressure in her ears, sort of how humans do..I think. I guess if it's constant or she looks like she's having trouble, you might question it, but otherwise, in my limited experience with one parrot, it seems normal.