List of Birds of Mexico - Parakeets

Parakeets

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.

  • Military Macaw Ara militaris
  • Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
  • Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha (E)
  • Maroon-fronted Parrot Rhynchopsitta terrisi (E)
  • Green Parakeet Aratinga holochlora (E)
  • Pacific Parakeet Aratinga strenua
  • Socorro Parakeet Aratinga brevipes (E)
  • Olive-throated Parakeet Aratinga nana
  • Orange-fronted Parakeet Aratinga canicularis
  • Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
  • Mexican Parrotlet Forpus cyanopygius (E)
  • Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
  • Brown-hooded Parrot Pionopsitta haematotis
  • White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
  • Yellow-lored Amazon Amazona xantholora
  • White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
  • Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis (E)
  • Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi (E)
  • Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
  • Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
  • Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
  • Yellow-naped Amazon Amazona auropalliata
  • Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa

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