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Parrots, also known as psittacines (/ ˈ s ɪ t ə s aɪ n z /), [1] [2] are the 402 species of birds that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions, of which 387 are extant. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the ...
A large collection of sketches and studies for Parrots are included in the major Lear art collection held at the Harvard University Houghton Library. [55] In 2018, a copy of Parrots was sold at auction by Bonhams for £90,000, [56] and in 2020 another copy was listed by Christie's with a guide price of £40,000–60,000, and fetched £60,000. [29]
The orange-winged amazon is a mainly green parrot about 33 cm (13 in) long and weighing about 340 g. It has blue and yellow feathers on its head which varies in extent between individuals. The upper mandible is partly horn colored (gray) and partly dark-gray. It has orange feathers in the wings and tail, which can be seen when in flight.
The Parrot Garden: A Sanctuary Within a Sanctuary. In the very beginning, the Best Friends Sanctuary housed a mix of animals like dogs, cats, bunnies, burros, and birds, including parrots.
The southern mealy amazon or southern mealy parrot (Amazona farinosa farinosa) is among the largest parrots in the genus Amazona, the amazon parrots. It is a mainly green parrot with a total length of 38–41 cm (15–16 in).
A. lilacina at Chester Zoo. The lilacine amazon (Amazona autumnalis lilacina) or Ecuadorian red-lored amazon [2] is an amazon parrot native to Ecuador in South America.According to the IOC World Bird List, it is still considered to be a subspecies of the red-lored amazon, [3] although Birdlife International considers it to be a separate species, as Amazona lilacina [4] - as does the ...
The lilac-crowned amazon's endemic range spans along the pacific coast of Mexico, beginning in southeastern Sonora and southwestern Chihuahua down to southern Oaxaca. [4] In Sinaloa and northern Nayarit the geographic range of the lilac-crowned parrot is above 375 meters of elevation; the range does not descend to sea level until southern Nayarit, where it remains so through Jalisco and Oaxaca.
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