Parrots

Colorful birds with curved beaks and feet with two toes pointing forward and two back, such as budgies and macaws.

12 entries

Blue-and-Yellow MacawAra araraunaA big blue-and-gold parrot of South American rainforests that mates for life and eats clay from riverbanks.

Blue-Fronted AmazonAmazona aestivaA green South American parrot with a blue forehead and yellow face, also called the turquoise-fronted amazon.Blue-Headed MacawPrimolius couloniA small "mini-macaw" of the western Amazon with a blue head and green body.

Blue-Throated MacawAra glaucogularisThe rarest macaw in the world, a blue-and-gold parrot of Bolivia's flooded Beni savanna with only about 400 left in the wild.BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusA small green-and-yellow parrot of Australia's dry interior, and the most widely known pet bird in the world.Golden ConureGuaruba guaroubaA bright yellow-and-green Brazilian parrot whose flock members help raise each other's chicks.

Green-Winged MacawAra chloropterusA big red South American macaw, also called the red-and-green macaw, with green and blue wings and lines of tiny red feathers on its face.

Hyacinth MacawAnodorhynchus hyacinthinusThe largest macaw, a bright blue parrot of central South America with yellow rings around its eyes.

Military MacawAra militarisA green macaw with a red forehead that lives in scattered mountain and forest populations from Mexico to Argentina.Red-Fronted MacawAra rubrogenysA critically endangered green macaw with a red forehead that lives only in dry mountain valleys of central Bolivia.Red-Lored AmazonAmazona autumnalis (Salvin's amazon is the subspecies A. a. salvini)A green Central and South American parrot with red feathers above its beak. The Salvin's amazon is one of its subspecies.Yellow-Naped AmazonAmazona auropalliataA green Central American parrot with a yellow patch on the back of its neck, now critically endangered because of the pet trade.