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Red-crowned Parrot

Animals Red-cockaded WoodpeckerReddish egret

Red-crowned Parrot
Relatives in same Genus
White-fronted Parrot (A. albifrons)
Yellow-naped Parrot (A. auropalliata)
Red-lored Parrot (A. autumnalis)
Mealy Parrot (A. farinosa)
Lilac-crowned Parrot (A. finschi)
Yellow-crowned Parrot (A.

 


The global range of the Red-crowned Parrot has taken an unnatural turn as feral populations of birds have now established themselves in many major cities throughout the southern United States and Mexico.

Several flocks of Yellow-headed Parrots and smaller numbers of Red-crowned Parrots flew over.

Green Parakeet, Aratinga holochlora
Thick-billed Parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha (Ex)
White-winged Parakeet, Brotogeris versicolurus (I)
Red-crowned Parrot, Amazona viridigenalis
Black-hooded Parakeet Nandayus nenday (I) ...

The species being considered for ESA listing are the blue-headed macaw, the crimson shining parrot, the great green macaw, the grey-cheeked parakeet, the hyacinth macaw, the military macaw, the Philippine cockatoo, the red-crowned parrot, ...

(Here's a post I did recently on the Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis, which is endemic to northeast Mexico.) An eighth species, the Vulnerable Maroon-fronted Parrot, occupies pine-oak forests to the west of the reserve proper.

See also: Parrot, Macaw, Hummingbird, Warbler, Parakeet

Animals Red-cockaded WoodpeckerReddish egret

 
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