page_title: List of birds of North America
section_title: African and New World parrots
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of North America / African and New World parrots
caption_attribution_description: Aratinga holochlora (nominate subspecies) English: A Green Parakeet in a tree in San Benito, South Texas, USA.
context_page_description: The lists of birds in the light blue box below are divided by biological family. The lists are based on The AOS Check-list of North American Birds of the American Ornithological Society supplemented with checklists from Panama, Greenland, and Bermuda. It includes the birds of Greenland, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, Bermuda, and the Caribbean Islands.
context_section_description: Order: Psittaciformes   Family: Psittacidae
  Parrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and they have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two to the back.
  Painted parakeet, Pyrrhura picta LC
  Sulphur-winged parakeet, Pyrrhura hoffmanni LC
  Monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus (I) LC
  Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis (E) EX
  Olive-throated parakeet, Eupsittula nana NT
  Orange-fronted parakeet, Eupsittula canicularis LC
  Brown-throated parakeet, Eupsittula pertinax EN
  Nanday parakeet, Aratinga nenday (I) LC
  Blue-and-yellow macaw, Ara ararauna LC
  Chestnut-fronted macaw, Ara severus LC
  Cuban macaw, Ara tricolor (E) EX
  Scarlet macaw, Ara macao LC
  Red-and-green macaw, Ara chloropterus LC
  Military macaw, Ara militaris VU
  Great green macaw, Ara ambiguus EN
  Green parakeet, Psittacara holochlorus LC
  Socorro parakeet, Psittacara brevipes
  Pacific parakeet, Psittacara strenuus
  Crimson-fronted parakeet, Psittacara finschi LC
  Cuban parakeet, Psittacara euops VU
  Puerto Rican parakeet, Psittacara maugei
  Hispaniolan parakeet, Psittacara chloropterus VU
  Mitred parakeet, Psittacara mitratus (I) LC
  Thick-billed parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha EN E
  Maroon-fronted parrot, Rhynchopsitta terrisi EN
  Barred parakeet, Bolborhynchus lineola LC
  Mexican parrotlet, Forpus cyanopygius NT
  Green-rumped parrotlet, Forpus passerinus LC
  Spectacled parrotlet, Forpus conspicillatus LC
  Orange-chinned parakeet, Brotogeris jugularis LC
  White-winged parakeet, Brotogeris versicolurus (I) LC
  Yellow-chevroned parakeet, Brotogeris chiriri (I) LC
  Red-fronted parrotlet, Touit costaricensis VU
  Blue-fronted parrotlet, Touit dilectissimus LC
  Brown-hooded parrot, Pyrilia haematotis LC
  Saffron-headed parrot, Pyrilia pyrilia NT
  Blue-headed parrot, Pionus menstruus LC
  White-crowned parrot, Pionus senilis LC
  White-fronted parrot, Amazona albifrons LC
  Yellow-lored parrot, Amazona xantholora LC
  Cuban parrot, Amazona leucocephala NT E
  Yellow-billed parrot, Amazona collaria VU
  Hispaniolan parrot, Amazona ventralis VU
  Puerto Rican parrot, Amazona vittata CR E
  Black-billed parrot, Amazona agilis VU
  Red-crowned parrot, Amazona viridigenalis EN
  Lilac-crowned parrot, Amazona finschi EN
  Red-lored parrot, Amazona autumnalis LC
  Mealy parrot, Amazona farinosa LC
  Yellow-headed parrot, Amazona oratrix EN
  Yellow-naped parrot, Amazona auropalliata EN
  Yellow-crowned parrot, Amazona ochrocephala LC
  Red-necked parrot, Amazona arausiaca VU E
  St. Lucia parrot, Amazona versicolor VU E
  St. Vincent parrot, Amazona guildingii VU E
  Imperial parrot, Amazona imperialis CR E
caption: Green parakeet
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