Bear with me here...
We have 2 male African Grey Parrots, one each of the 2 sub-species, a Congo (larger with a black beak and bright scarlet tail) and a Timneh (smaller, darker with a horn-coloured upper mandible and maroon tail.)

Kumiko is our 4-year-old TAG (Timneh African Grey) from a breeder in Ontario, and Miu is our 2-year-old CAG (Congo African Grey) who is a rescue.

Here they are, playing on an old bedspread, Kumiko left and Miu right:


So, I was playing with the Tartan Designer at Scotweb and decided to try creating an African Grey Tartan. I thought I'd run a couple of my finalists past the discerning eyes here.

I'm pretty happy with the colours echoing their gold eyes, black beak, white face, varied grey feathers, dark wingtips, and with the thought of being able to pleat to the red stripe in order to emulate Miu's tail in the back of a kilt

The simpler design that I'm getting partial to:


A little softer effect with pinstripes echoing the feather edges: