Family

Psittacidae

194 species · Animals

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Red-and-green Macaw

Ara chloropterus G.R.Gray, 1859

Ara chloropterus, the green-winged macaw, is a large parrot distinguished from scarlet macaws by green wing coverts and red eye lines.

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Ara ararauna (Linnaeus, 1758)

The blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) is a large neotropical parrot native to South and Central America with introduced populations elsewhere.

Red-fronted Macaw

Ara rubrogenys Lafresnaye, 1847

Ara rubrogenys, the red-fronted macaw, is a small green-and-red macaw native to semi-desert Bolivia, once hunted and captured for trade.

Military Macaw

Ara militaris (Linnaeus, 1766)

Ara militaris, the military macaw, is a mostly green large parrot native to the Americas, split into three geographically distinct subspecies.

Scarlet Macaw

Ara macao (Linnaeus, 1758)

This is a detailed description of the scarlet macaw (Ara macao), covering its appearance, vocalizations, lifespan, distribution and habitat.

Great Green Macaw

Ara ambiguus (Bechstein, 1811)

Ara ambiguus, the great green macaw, is a large green parrot native to the Americas with a rare introduced population in Singapore.

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Ara severus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ara severus, the chestnut-fronted macaw, is a small mostly-green macaw named for its wild puberty-stage aggression.

Rüppell's Parrot

Poicephalus rueppellii (G.R.Gray, 1849)

Poicephalus rueppellii, Rüppell's parrot, is a small, sexually dimorphic parrot with distinct plumage markings by age and sex.

Brown-headed Parrot

Poicephalus cryptoxanthus (W.Peters, 1854)

Poicephalus cryptoxanthus is a mostly green parrot with distinct yellow under wing coverts, described here in detail.

Red-bellied Parrot

Poicephalus rufiventris (Ruppell, 1845)

The red-bellied parrot (Poicephalus rufiventris) is a small sexually dimorphic parrot with an unusually named orange belly patch.

Senegal Parrot

Poicephalus senegalus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Poicephalus senegalus, the Senegal parrot, is a West African parrot species with described physical traits, diet, and lifespan.

Meyer's Parrot

Poicephalus meyeri (Cretzschmar, 1827)

Meyer's parrot (Poicephalus meyeri) is an African parrot species with grey feathers and distinct coloured markings that lives across sub-Saharan Africa.

Cape Parrot

Poicephalus robustus (Gmelin, 1788)

The Cape parrot (Poicephalus robustus) is an endemic South African forest parrot that feeds mostly on yellowwood tree nuts.

Cape Parrot

Poicephalus robustus fuscicollis (Kuhl, 1820)

The Cape parrot is a moderately large, sexually dimorphic parrot endemic to patchy South African Afromontane yellowwood forests.

Spectacled Parrotlet

Forpus conspicillatus (Lafresnaye, 1848)

The spectacled parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) is a small Neotropical parrot species with three subspecies found in Middle and South America.

Green-rumped Parrotlet

Forpus passerinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Green-rumped parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) is a small sexually dimorphic parrot species from South America with well-studied breeding behavior.

Pacific Parrotlet

Forpus coelestis (Lesson, 1847)

Forpus coelestis, the Pacific parrotlet, is a small South American parrot, commonly kept as a pet with many color mutations.

Mexican Parrotlet

Forpus cyanopygius (Souance, 1856)

Forpus cyanopygius, the Mexican parrotlet, is a small non-migratory parrot species endemic to western Mexico.

Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet

Forpus xanthopterygius (Spix, 1824)

Cobalt-rumped parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius) is a small South American parrot species with two recognized subspecies.

Dusky-billed Parrotlet

Forpus modestus (Cabanis, 1848)

Forpus modestus, the dusky-billed parrotlet, is a small South American Amazon-region parrot species in the Psittacidae family.

Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet

Forpus xanthopterygius crassirostris (Taczanowski, 1883)

The cobalt-rumped parrotlet is a small South American parrot species in the family Psittacidae with two recognized subspecies.

Scaly-headed Parrot

Pionus maximiliani (Kuhl, 1820)

This is a description of the scaly-headed parrot Pionus maximiliani, covering its traits, subspecies, distribution, habitat, and feral observations in Spain.