List of birds of North America (Psittaciformes)

Green parakeet
  • Order: PsittaciformesFamily: 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.

  • Barred parakeet, Bolborhynchus lineola
  • Black-billed parrot, Amazona agilis
  • Blue-and-yellow macaw, Ara ararauna
  • Blue-crowned parakeet, Aratinga acuticaudata
  • Blue-fronted parrotlet, Touit dilectissimus
  • Blue-headed parrot, Pionus menstruus
  • Brown-hooded parrot, Pyrilia haematotis
  • Brown-throated parakeet, Aratinga pertinax
  • Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus (I)
  • Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis (E)
  • Chestnut-fronted macaw, Ara severus
  • Crimson-fronted parakeet, Aratinga finschi
  • Cuban macaw, Ara tricolor (E)
  • Cuban parakeet, Aratinga euops
  • Cuban parrot, Amazona leucocephala
  • Great green macaw, Ara ambiguus
  • Green parakeet, Aratinga holochlora (including Pacific parakeet, Aratinga (holochlora) strenua)
  • Green-rumped parrotlet, Forpus passerinus
  • Hispaniolan parakeet, Aratinga chloroptera
  • Hispaniolan parrot, Amazona ventralis
  • Imperial parrot, Amazona imperialis
  • Lilac-crowned parrot, Amazona finschi
  • Lilac-tailed parrotlet, Touit batavicus
  • Maroon-fronted parrot, Rhynchopsitta terrisi
  • Mealy parrot, Amazona farinosa
  • Mexican parrotlet, Forpus cyanopygius
  • Military macaw, Ara militaris
  • Mitred parakeet, Aratinga mitrata (I)
  • Monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus (I)
  • Nanday parakeet, Aratinga nenday (I)
  • Olive-throated parakeet, Aratinga nana
  • Orange-chinned parakeet, Brotogeris jugularis
  • Orange-fronted parakeet, Aratinga canicularis
  • Orange-winged parrot, Amazona amazonica
  • Painted parakeet, Pyrrhura picta (only Azuero parakeet, Pyrrhura (picta) eisenmanni)
  • Puerto Rican parrot, Amazona vittata
  • Red-and-green macaw, Ara chloropterus
  • Red-bellied macaw, Orthopsittaca manilata
  • Red-crowned parrot, Amazona viridigenalis
  • Red-fronted parrotlet, Touit costaricensis
  • Red-lored parrot, Amazona autumnalis
  • Red-necked parrot, Amazona arausiaca
  • Red-shouldered macaw, Diopsittaca nobilis (A)
  • Rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri (I)
  • Rosy-faced lovebird, Agapornis roseicollis (I)
  • Saffron-headed parrot, Pyrilia pyrilia
  • St. Lucia parrot, Amazona versicolor
  • St. Vincent parrot, Amazona guildingii
  • Scarlet macaw, Ara macao
  • Scarlet-shouldered parrotlet, Touit huetii (Ex)
  • Spectacled parrotlet, Forpus conspicillatus
  • Sulphur-winged parakeet, Pyrrhura hoffmanni
  • Thick-billed parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
  • White-crowned parrot, Pionus senilis
  • White-eyed parakeet, Aratinga leucophthalma
  • White-fronted parrot, Amazona albifrons
  • White-winged parakeet, Brotogeris versicolurus (I)
  • Yellow-billed parrot, Amazona collaria
  • Yellow-crowned parrot, Amazona ochrocephala
  • Yellow-headed parrot, Amazona oratrix
  • Yellow-lored parrot, Amazona xantholora
  • Yellow-naped parrot, Amazona auropalliata
  • Yellow-shouldered parrot, Amazona barbadensis