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.
- Military Macaw Ara militaris
- Great Green Macaw Ara ambigua
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Pacific Parakeet Aratinga strenua
- Red-throated Parakeet Aratinga rubritorquis
- Crimson-fronted Parakeet Aratinga finschi
- Olive-throated Parakeet Aratinga nana
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Aratinga canicularis
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pionopsitta haematotis
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Yellow-naped Amazon Amazona auropalliata
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
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