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 the have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back. In Connecticut, one exotic species has been recorded.
- Monk Parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus (I)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Connecticut
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)