Wing Clipping Birds who have free flight within the home are a greater risk of danger than those with clipped wings. Clipping the wings is a painless process, and in fact, a temporary one because the flight feathers will grow back with each successive molt. The objective of wing clipping is to create a bird that cannot generate upward lift, but has the ability to glide downward to prevent injury from a fall.
Wing clipping is safe when performed properly.
Larger parrots typically require fewer feathers to be clipped than smaller birds, whose lift is more easily generated due to their size. Before attempting to clip a bird's wings, some preparatory work is required. Understand the wing shape and terminology of its feathers. Only the primary feathers on BOTH wings are clipped. The primary coverts, secondary feathers and secondary coverts are not clipped.