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 6 species which occur in Namibia.
- Peach-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis (NE)
- Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae
- Black-cheeked Lovebird Agapornis nigrigenis
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus robustus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii (NE)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Namibia
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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)