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. There are 335 species worldwide and 11 species which occur in the Solomon Islands.
- Cardinal Lory Chalcopsitta cardinalis
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Yellow-bibbed Lory Lorius chlorocercus (E)
- Palm Lorikeet Charmosyna palmarum
- Meek's Lorikeet Charmosyna meeki (E)
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Charmosyna placentis
- Duchess Lorikeet Charmosyna margarethae (E)
- Red-breasted Pygmy-parrot Micropsitta bruijnii
- Finsch's Pygmy-parrot Micropsitta finschii
- Singing Parrot Geoffroyus heteroclitus
- Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Solomon Islands
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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)