Lories and Lorikeets, 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.
- Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus (I)
- Pale-headed Rosella, Platycercus adscitus (I)
- Rose-ringed Parakeet, Psittacula krameri (I)
- Mitred Parakeet, Aratinga mitrata (I)
- Red-masked Parakeet, Aratinga erythrogenys (I)
- Monk Parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus (I)
- Carolina Parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis (E)
- Green Parakeet, Aratinga holochlora
- Thick-billed Parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha (Ex)
- White-winged Parakeet, Brotogeris versicolurus (I)
- Red-crowned Parrot, Amazona viridigenalis
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“And the chandeliers are neat . . .
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