Lories, Parakeets, Macaws, and Parrots
Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae
Parrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak shape. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and they have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back. There are 335 species world wide, and 8 North American species.
- Thick-billed Parrot Extirpated from SE Ariz Biome, only in Mexico, (Ex)
- Pet trade: released or escaped individuals, etc. are commonly observed.
Read more about this topic: List Of Arizona-SW Birds (Yuma County, Arizona)
Famous quotes containing the word parrots:
“And the chandeliers are neat . . .
But their mignon, marblish glare!
We are cold, the parrots cried,
In a place so debonair.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)