Parrots
Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae
Parrots are small to large birds with characteristic curved beaks. 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 behind.
- Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus (I)
- Monk Parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus (I)
- Carolina Parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis (E)
- Black-hooded Parakeet, Nandayus nenday (I)
- White-winged Parakeet, Brotogeris versicolurus (I)
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