Parrots, Macaws and Allies
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
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
- Military Macaw Ara militaris
- Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloroptera
- Blue-winged Macaw Primolius maracana
- Golden-collared Macaw Primolius auricollis
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Aratinga acuticaudata
- Mitred Parakeet Aratinga mitrata
- White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus
- Peach-fronted Parakeet Aratinga aurea
- Nanday Parakeet Nandayus nenday
- Burrowing Parrot Cyanoliseus patagonus
- Maroon-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis
- Green-cheeked Parakeet Pyrrhura molinae
- Austral Parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Gray-hooded Parakeet Psilopsiagon aymara
- Mountain Parakeet Psilopsiagon aurifrons
- Blue-winged Parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
- Pileated Parrot Pionopsitta pileata
- Scaly-headed Parrot Pionus maximiliani
- Tucuman Parrot Amazona tucumana
- Red-spectacled Parrot Amazona pretrei
- Blue-fronted Parrot Amazona aestiva
- Scaly-naped Parrot Amazona mercenaria (A)
- Vinaceous Parrot Amazona vinacea
- Blue-bellied Parrot Triclaria malachitacea
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