List of Birds of El Salvador - Parrots, Macaws and Allies

Parrots, Macaws and Allies

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.

  • Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
  • Pacific Parakeet Aratinga strenua
  • Green Parakeet Aratinga holochlora
  • Red-throated Parakeet Aratinga rubritorquis
  • Orange-fronted Parakeet Aratinga canicularis
  • Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
  • Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
  • White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
  • Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis (A)
  • Yellow-naped Amazon Amazona auropalliata

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