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. There are 27 species which have been recorded in French Guiana.
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloroptera
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa
- Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittaca manilata
- Red-shouldered Macaw Diopsittaca nobilis (A)
- White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus
- Sun Parakeet Aratinga solstitialis (A)
- Brown-throated Parakeet Aratinga pertinax
- Peach-fronted Parakeet Aratinga aurea (A)
- Painted Parakeet Pyrrhura picta
- Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
- Dusky-billed Parrotlet Forpus sclateri (A)
- White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus
- Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysopterus
- Lilac-tailed Parrotlet Touit batavica
- Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet Touit purpurata
- Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephala
- Caica Parrot Pionopsitta caica
- Short-tailed Parrot Graydidascalus brachyurus
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Dusky Parrot Pionus fuscus
- Blue-cheeked Amazon Amazona dufresniana
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Red-fan Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of French Guiana
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