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
- Great Green Macaw Ara ambigua
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloroptera
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa
- Crimson-fronted Parakeet Aratinga finschi
- Brown-throated Parakeet Aratinga pertinax
- Olive-throated Parakeet Aratinga nana
- Azuero Parakeet Pyrrhura eisenmanni (E)
- Sulphur-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura hoffmanni
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- Spectacled Parrotlet Forpus conspicillatus
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis
- Blue-fronted Parrotlet Touit dilectissima
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pionopsitta haematotis
- Saffron-headed Parrot Pionopsitta pyrilia
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
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