List of North American birds (Psittaciformes)

Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae

Parrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak shape. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and the have a GeneRally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two 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)
  • 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)
  • 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