Pet Birds

Alphabetical Listing of Parrotlet Species

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    Parrotlet Information Parrotlet Photo Gallery   Most Common Parrotlet Species and Listing by Genus   Amazonian Parrotlets (Nannopsittaca dachilleae)   Black Billed Parrotlets – Please see Sclater’s Parrotlets   Blue-winged Parrotlets (Forpus xanthopterygius xanthopterygius) Ceara Blue-winged Parrotlets (Forpus xanthopterygius flavissimus aka Forpus passerinus flavissimus) Olalla’s Blue-winged Parrotlets (Forpus xanthopterygius olallae aka Forpus passerinus … Read more

Golden-tailed Parrotlets

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  Parrotlet Information Parrotlet Species Parrotlet Photo Gallery   The Golden-tailed Parrotlet (Touit surdus) is endemic to southeast Brazil from southern Bahia and southern Goiás south to Rio de Janeiro and southern Sao Paulo. There have been reports of isolated populations around Recife, Pernambuco. Their natural habitat includes the Atlantic coastal forests up to 500 … Read more

Ponape Lories, Pohnpei Lorikeets, or Cherry-red Lorikeets

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  Lories and Lorikeets: Overview (Naming, Range and Description)     The Ponape Lories (Trichoglossus rubiginosus), also known as Red Lorikeets, Cherry-red Lorikeets or Pohnpei Lorikeets, are endemic to Ponapé in Caroline Islands – a large archipelago of widely scattered islands in the western Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Guinea – situated in Micronesia. Their … Read more

Purple-naped Lories

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Lories and Lorikeets: Overview (Naming, Range and Description)   The Purple-naped Lory (Lorius domicella) is a monotypic species (= one single species within its genus).   Status in the Wild / Distribution: It is endemic to the islands of Seram (formerly Ceram), Ambon (formerly Amboina), and perhaps also Haruku and Saparua, South Maluku, in Indonesia. … Read more

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Red-winged Parrotlets or Blue-fronted Parrotlets

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  Parrotlet Information Parrotlet Species Parrotlet Photo Gallery   The Red-winged Parrotlet (Touit dilectissimus) is also known as the Blue-fronted Parrotlet. Older sources list the Red-fronted Parrotlet (T. costaricensis) as sub-species of the Red-winged Parrotlet. Most modern authors consider them two species.   Distribution: The Red-winged Parrotlet is endemic to South America where it can … Read more

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Norfolk Island Green Parrot (Cyanoramphus cookii)

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  Norfolk Island Green Parrots aka Norfolk Parakeets, Tasman Parakeets or Norfolk Island Red-crowned Parakeets Kakariki Information … Kakariki Photo Gallery   The Norfolk Island Green Parrot (Cyanoramphus cookii) is also known as Norfolk Parakeet, Tasman Parakeet or Norfolk Island Red-crowned Parakeet. The Norfolk Island Green Parrot was once considered a subspecies of the Red-fronted … Read more

Yellow-streaked Lories aka Glossy Lories

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  Yellow-streaked Lory aka Yellowish or Glossy Lory Lories and Lorikeets: Overview (Naming, Range and Description)     The Yellow-streaked Lory (Chalcopsitta sintillata sintillata) — also known as Yellowish or Glossy Lory — is endangered in its natural habitats in Southern New Guinea, Western New Guinea, Papua. They live in subtropical or tropical moist lowland and … Read more

Jardine's Parrots by Juan Caparros

Jardine’s Parrot aka Red-headed Parrots

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Poicephalus Parrots Overview Alternate (Global) Names Description … Distribution Subspecies, Ranges and ID Breeding / Nesting … Diet / Feeding … Calls / Vocalizations Personality, Pet Qualities, Care and Training Jardine’s Parrots (Poicephalus gulielmi gulielmi) – also known as Red-fronted Parrots, Congo Red-crowned Parrots or William’s Fig Parrots – are one of the largest Poicephalus … Read more

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Madarasz’s Parrots

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  Psittacella / Tiger Parrots   The Madarasz’s Parrots (Psittacella madaraszi madaraszi) are native to the mountains of south-eastern New Guinea, including Wharton mountain chain and Herzog Mountains of Papua. They inhabit forest areas, the edges of forests, as well as cleared areas with remnant forest and tall secondary vegetation between 1,150 m (4,500 ft) … Read more