The feathers were made by fellow crew in Softimage ICE:
Scenes from the movie:
Movie 2, now with a baby macaw:
Naked baby macaw model:
For the little pet does not get naked, before the feather system is applied, I painted a few feathers, only for our visualization now:
And our macaw generated know-how to make another movie, changing the color of the feathers and the feathers themselves, the beak and other things to make a parrot: