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. Although many different species of parrots have been released in Hawaii, particularly in larger cities, these 4 species below have been accepted by Hawaii Audubon as currently having or having had established populations. Hawaii has no native parrot species, all have been introduced.
- Pale-headed Rosella, Platycercus adscitus (I-ex)
- Rose-ringed Parakeet, Psittacula krameri (I)
- Mitred Parakeet, Aratinga mitrata (I)
- Red-masked Parakeet, Aratinga erythrogenys (I)
- Red-crowned Parrot, Amazona viridigenalis (I)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Hawaii
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“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)