Last night a certain unmistakable odor of flatulence wafted around the bedroom. None of the humans present would own up to it, so the birds were blamed.
Then it occurred to me - I don’t ever recall one of the pet birds farting though they sure as heck poop a lot.
So… do they or don’t they?
Ah, that old chestnut. “If a parrot farts in the jungle, and there is nobody there to smell it, does it still make a sound?”.
I’ve no idea, but I’ll be hanging around this thread with bated breath…and a clothes-peg.
Anecdote alert - I’ve been told that seagulls can’t fart or burp, which is why they pop when you feed them alkaseltzer.
Not ever having done such, or known anybody that claimed to, or even in fact being anywhere near an ornithologist, I have no idea if the above is true.
I’ll go check wiki. 
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/feb2001/982887628.Zo.r.html
Apparently, they do!
DO BIRDS FART? WHY OF COURSE THE DO!
The bigger the bird the bigger the fart!
Neither of which is sparrow’s fart.
Yes they do, they also shit on my car just after I’ve washed it
Well, I have heard many a noisy bird elimination so I would guess that they also fart, however I would doubt that it would be so smelly as to fill an entire room unless your birds are California Condors that had recently feasted on a week old rotting cow.
Therefore, I think we must refer to the classic defense, Smelt It v. Dealt It.
Occasionally, in quiet moments, I believe that I’ve heard that tiny but unmistakable pffffft coming from a completely unembarrassed cockatiel sitting on my shoulder.
Why do birds suddenly pfffft
ev’ry time you pfffft-pffft…
'Tiels sneeze a lot due to their dusty feathers, so you might have been hearing that.
Birds do not fart. Any gases produced in digestion leak out as fast as they’re produced, so there isn’t an opportunity for build-up. What’s limp for the dude is prickly for the licker.
I didn’t think that the site I referenced was disreputable, but one never knows.
What in the world does that last sentence mean?
I think that’s a bird imitating the sound of a fart, not sure if the bird itself is actually farting or not.
…Colibri, being conspicuous by his absence…
Yes, I suppose a hawk farting mid-swoop would throw off it’s aim a little!
No dear, that was your father. Bill, stop lying to the children!
He’s keeping his nose out of this one.
So, everyone but me knows what that second sentence means and is laughing at me?