List of parrots

A pair of scarlet macaws

This is a species list of parrots sortable alphabetically by common or binomial name.[1] For further details, see the main article.

Common nameBinomial nameSynonyms
Adelaide rosellaPlatycercus elegans adelaidae
African grey parrotPsittacus erithacus
Alexandrine parakeetPsittacula eupatria
Amazonian parrotletNannopsittaca dachilleae
Andean parakeetBolborhynchus orbygnesius
Antipodes parakeetCyanoramphus unicolor
Australian king parrotAlisterus scapularis
Australian ringneckBarnardius zonarius
Austral conure or parakeetEnicognathus ferrugineus
Azure rumped parrot Tanygnathus sumatranus Blue-backed parrot
Barred parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola Lineolated parakeet
Black-backed parrotlet Touit melanonota Brown-backed parrotlet
Black-billed amazonAmazona agilis
Black-headed parrot Pionites melanocephalaBlack-headed Caique
Black-capped conurePyrrhura rupicola
Black-capped loryLorius lory
Black-cheeked lovebirdAgapornis nigrigenis
Black-collared lovebirdAgapornis swindernianus
Black-eared parrotlet Touit melanonota Brown-backed parrotlet
Black-eared parrot Hapalopsittaca melanotis melanotis Black-winged parrot
Black-lored parrotTanygnathus gramineus
Black loryChalcopsitta atra
Black-winged loryEos cyanogenia
Black-winged lovebirdAgapornis taranta
Black-winged parrotHapalopsittaca melanotis
Blaze-winged conure/parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis devillei Maroon-bellied conure
Blossom-headed parakeetPsittacula roseata
Blue-and-yellow macawAra ararauna
Blue-backed parrotTanygnathus sumatranus
Blue-banded grass-parakeet Neophema chrysostoma Blue-winged parrot
Blue-bellied parrotTriclaria malachitacea
BluebonnetNorthiella haematogasterBlue bonnet
Blue-cheeked amazonAmazona dufresniana
Blue-collared parrotGeoffroyus simplex
Blue-crowned green parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis Blue-naped parrot
Blue-crested lory Vini australis Blue-crowned lorikeet
Blue-crowned hanging parrotLoriculus galgulus
Blue-crowned lorikeet/loryVini australis
Blue-crowned parrot Tanygnathus sumatranus Blue-backed parrot
Blue-crowned parakeetAratinga acuticaudata
Blue-crowned racquet-tailPrioniturus discurus
Blue-eared loryEos semilarvata
Blue-eyed cockatooCacatua ophthalmica
Blue-fronted amazonAmazona aestiva
Blue-fronted lorikeetCharmosyna toxopei
Blue-fronted parrotletTouit dilectissimaRed-winged parrotlet
Blue-headed macawPrimolius couloni
Blue-headed parrotPionus menstruus
Blue-headed racquet-tailPrioniturus platenae
Blue lorikeetVini peruviana
Blue-naped parrotTanygnathus lucionensis
Blue-necked lory Eos reticulata Blue-streaked lory
Blue-rumped parrotPsittinus cyanurus
Blue-streaked loryEos reticulata
Blue-throated macawAra glaucogularis
Blue-throated parakeetPyrrhura cruentata
Blue-winged macawPrimolius maracana
Blue-winged parrotNeophema chrysostoma
Blue-winged parrotletForpus xanthopterygius
Bourke's parrot Neopsephotus bourkii Bourke's parakeet
Brehm's tiger parrot Psittacella brehmii Brehm's ground parrot
Bronze-winged conure/parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis devillei Maroon-bellied conure
Bronze-winged parrotPionus chalcopterus
Brown-backed parrotletTouit melanonota
Brown-eared conure/parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis Maroon-bellied conure
Brown-headed parrotPoicephalus cryptoxanthus
Brown-hooded parrotPionopsitta haematotis
Brown loryChalcopsitta duivenbodei
Brown-necked parrotPoicephalus fuscicollisGrey-headed parrot
Brown-throated parakeetAratinga pertinax
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
Buff-faced pygmy parrotMicropsitta pusio
Burrowing parrotCyanoliseus patagonus
Buru racquet-tailPrioniturus mada
Caatinga parakeetAratinga cactorum
Caica parrotPionopsitta caica
Canary-winged parakeetBrotogeris versicolurus
Cape parrotPoicephalus robustus
Cardinal loryChalcopsitta cardinalis
Carolina parakeetConuropsis carolinensisextinct
Ceram lory Eos semilarvata Blue-eared lory
Ceylon hanging parrotLoriculus beryllinus
Chatham parakeetCyanoramphus forbesi
Chattering loryLorius garrulus
Chestnut-fronted macawAra severa
Cliff parakeetMyiopsitta monachus luchsi
Cobalt-winged parakeetBrotogeris cyanoptera
CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
Collared loryPhigys solitarius
Cream-streaked loryChalcopsitta sintillata or scintillata Yellow-streaked lory
Crimson-bellied parakeetPyrrhura perlata
Crimson-fronted parakeetAratinga finschi
Crimson rosellaPlatycercus elegans
Crimson shining parrotProsopeia splendens
Cuban amazonAmazona leucocephala
Cuban parakeetAratinga euops
Cuban red macaw Ara tricolor
Derbyan parakeetPsittacula derbiana
Double-eyed fig parrotCyclopsitta diophthalma
Duchess lorikeetCharmosyna margarethae
Ducorp's cockatooCacatua ducorpsii
Dufresne's amazon Amazona dufresniana Blue-cheeked amazon
Dusky-billed parrotletForpus sclateri
Dusky-headed parakeetAratinga weddellii
Dusky loryPseudeos fuscata
Dusky parrotPionus fuscus
Duyvenbodie's lory Chalcopsitta duivenbodei Brown lory
Eastern rosellaPlatycercus eximius
Eclectus parrotEclectus roratus
Edwards' fig parrotPsittaculirostris edwardsii
Elegant parrotNeophema elegans
El Oro parakeetPyrrhura orcesi
Emerald parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus Austral conure
Fairy lorikeetCharmosyna pulchella
Festive amazonAmazona festiva
Fiery-shouldered parakeetPyrrhura egregia
Fischer's lovebirdAgapornis fischeri
Flame-winged parakeetPyrrhura calliptera
Gang-gang cockatooCallocephalon fimbriatum
GalahElophus roseicapillusGalah cockatoo
Geelvink pygmy parrotMicropsitta geelvinkiana
Glossy black cockatooCalyptorhynchus lathami
Golden-capped parakeetAratinga auricapilla
Golden-collared macawPrimolius auricollisYellow-collared macaw
Golden-mantled racquet-tailPrioniturus platurus
Golden parakeetGuarouba guarouba
Golden-plumed parakeetLeptosittaca branickii
Golden-shouldered parrotPsephotus chrysopterygius
Golden-tailed parrotletTouit surda
Golden-winged parakeetBrotogeris chrysopterus
Goldie's lorikeetPsitteuteles goldiei
Grey-cheeked parakeetBrotogeris pyrrhopterus
Great-billed parrotTanygnathus megalorynchos
Great green macawAra ambiguus Buffon's macaw, great military macaw
Greater streaked loryChalcopsitta sintillata or scintillata Yellow-streaked lory
Greater vasa parrotCoracopsis vasa
Green-cheeked parakeetPyrrhura molinae
Green-fronted hanging parrotLoriculus tener
Green parakeetAratinga holochlora
Finsch's pygmy parrotMicropsitta finschii
Green racquet-tailPrioniturus luconensis
Green rosellaPlatycercus caledonicus
Green-rumped parrotletForpus passerinus
Green-winged macawAra chloroptera
Grey-headed lovebirdAgapornis canus
Grey-headed parakeetPsittacula finschii
Grey-hooded parakeetPsilopsiagon aymara
Eastern ground parrotPezoporus wallicus
Western ground parrotPezoporus flaviventris
GuaiaberoBolbopsittacus lunulatus
Half-masked lory Eos semilarvata Blue-eared lory
Stephen's lorikeetVini stepheniHenderson lorikeet
Hengehenga Vini australis Blue-crowned lorikeet
Hispaniolan parakeetAratinga chloroptera
Hispaniolan amazonAmazona ventralis
Hooded parrotPsephotus dissimilis
Horned parakeetEunymphicus cornutus
Hyacinth macawAnodorhynchus hyacinthinus
Imperial amazonAmazona imperialis
Indigo lory Vini peruviana Blue lorikeet
Indigo-winged parrotHapalopsittaca fuertesi
Iris lorikeetPsitteuteles iris
Jandaya parakeetAratinga jandaya
Jardine's parrotPoicephalus gulielmi
Josephine's lorikeetCharmosyna josefinae
KākāNestor meridionalis
KakapoStrigops habroptila[2]
KākārikiCyanoramphus
Kawall's amazonAmazona kawalli
KeaNestor notabilis
Krieg's conure/parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis kriegi Maroon-bellied conure, dubious. probably P. f. frontalis
Large fig parrotPsittaculirostris desmarestii
Layard's parakeetPsittacula calthropae
Lear's macawAnodorhynchus leari
Lesser vasa parrotCoracopsis nigraBlack parrot
Lilac-collared Geoffroy's parrot Geoffroyus simplex Blue-collared parrot
Lilac-collared song parrot Geoffroyus simplex Blue-collared parrot
Lilac-crowned amazonAmazona finschi
Lilac-tailed parrotletTouit batavica
Lilian's lovebirdAgapornis lilianae
Little corellaCacatua sanguinea
Little lorikeetGlossopsitta pusilla
Baudin's black cockatooCalyptorhynchus bandiniiLong-billed black cockatoo
Long-billed corellaCacatua tenuirostris
Long-tailed parakeetPsittacula longicauda
Luzon parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis Blue-naped parrot
Luzon racquet-tailPrioniturus montanus
Madarasz's tiger parrotPsittacella madaraszi
Malabar parakeetPsittacula columboides
Malherbe's parakeetCyanoramphus malherbiOrange-fronted parakeet or kākāriki
Mallee ringneckBarnardius zonarius barnardiAustralian ringneck [3]
Maroon-bellied conure/parakeetPyrrhura frontalis
Maroon-fronted parrotRhynchopsitta terrisi
Maroon-tailed parakeetPyrrhura melanura
Masked shining parrotProsopeia personata
Mauritius parakeetPsittacula echo
Mealy amazonAmazona farinosa
Meek's lorikeetCharmosyna meeki
Mexican parrotletForpus cyanopygius
Meyer's parrotPoicephalus meyeri
Military macawAra militaris
Mindanao lorikeetTrichoglossus johnstoniae
Mindanao racquet-tailPrioniturus waterstradti
Mitred parakeetAratinga mitrata
Modest tiger parrotPsittacella modesta
Moluccan hanging parrotLoriculus amabilis
Moluccan king parrotAlisterus amboinensis
Monk parakeetMyiopsitta monachus
Mountain parakeetPsilopsiagon aurifrons
Mueller's Tanygnathus sumatranus Müller's parrot, blue-backed parrot
Mulga parrotPsephotus varius
Musk lorikeetGlossopsitta concinna
Nanday parakeetNandayus nenday
New Caledonian lorikeetCharmosyna diadema
Newton's parakeetPsittacula exsul
Niam-niam parrotPoicephalus crassus
Nicobar parakeetPsittacula caniceps
Night parrotGeopsittacus occidentalis
Northern rosellaPlatycercus venustus
Olive-headed lorikeetTrichoglossus euteles
Olive-shouldered parrotAprosmictus jonquillaceus
Olive-throated parakeetAratinga nana
Orange-bellied parrotNeophema chrysogaster
Orange-billed lorikeetNeopsittacus pullicauda
Orange-breasted fig parrotClycopsitta gulielmitertii
Orange-cheeked parrotPionopsitta barrabandi
Orange-chinned parakeetBrotogeris jugularis
Orange-fronted parakeetAratinga canicularis
Orange-winged amazonAmazona amazonica
Ornate lorikeetTrichoglossus ornatus
Pacific parakeetAratinga strenua
Pacific parrotletForpus coelestis
Painted parakeetPyrrhura picta
Painted tiger parrotPsittacella picta
Pale-headed rosellaPlatycercus adscitus
Palm cockatooProbosciger aterrimus
Palm lorikeetCharmosyna palmarum
Papuan hanging parrotLoriculus aurantiifrons
Papuan king parrotAlisterus chloropterus
Papuan lorikeetCharmosyna papou
Paradise parrotPsephotus pulcherrimus
Peach-fronted parakeetAratinga aurea
Pearly parakeetPyrrhura lepida
Peruvian black-winged parrot Hapalopsittaca melanotis peruviana Black-winged parrot
Pesquet's parrotPsittrichas fulgidus
Philippine green parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis Blue-naped parrot
Philippine hanging parrotLoriculus philippensis
Pileated parrotPionopsitta pileata
Major Mitchell's cockatooLophochroa leadbeateriPink cockatoo
Plain parakeetBrotogeris tirica
Plum-faced lorikeetOreopsittacus arfaki
Plum-headed parakeetPsittacula cyanocephala
Pohnpei lorikeetTrichoglossus rubiginosus
Port Lincoln parrot Barnardius zonarius[3]Australian ringneck
Princess parrotPolytelis alexandrae
Puerto Rican amazonAmazona vittata
Purple-bellied loryLorius hypoinochrous
Purple-crowned lorikeetGlossopsitta porphyrocephala
Purple-naped loryLorius domicella
Pygmy hanging parrotLoriculus exilis
Pygmy lorikeetCharmosyna wilhelminae
Quaker parrotMyiopsitta monachus
Rainbow lorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
Raja loryChalcopsitta atraBlack lory
Red-and-blue loryEos histrio
Red-and-green macawAra chloroptera
Red-bellied macawOrthopsittaca manilata
Red-bellied parrotPoicephalus rufiventris
Red-billed parrotPionus sordidus
Red-breasted parakeetPsittacula alexandri
Red-breasted pygmy parrotMicropsitta bruijnii
Red-browed amazonAmazona rhodocorytha
Red-capped parrotPurpureicephalus spurius
Red-cheeked parrotGeoffroyus geoffroyi
Red-chinned lorikeetCharmosyna rubrigularis
Red-crowned amazonAmazona viridigenalisGreen-cheeked amazon, Mexican red-headed amazon
Reddish-bellied conure/parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis Maroon-bellied conure
Red-eared parakeetPyrrhura hoematotis
Red-faced parrotHapalopsittaca pyrrhops
Red-fan parrotDeroptyus accipitrinusHawk-headed parrot
Red-flanked lorikeetCharmosyna placentis
Red-fronted lorikeetCharmosyna rubronotata
Red-fronted lory Chalcopsitta sintillata or scintillata Yellow-streaked lory
Red-fronted macawAra rubrogenys
Red-fronted parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae Kākāriki or red-crowned parakeet
Red-fronted parrotPoicephalus gulielmi
Red-fronted parrotletTouit costaricensisRed-winged parrotlet
Red-headed lovebirdAgapornis pullarius
Red-lored amazonAmazona autumnalis
Red loryEos bornea
Red-masked parakeetAratinga erythrogenys
Red-necked amazonAmazona arausiaca
Red-quilled lory Chalcopsitta atra Black lory
Red-rumped parrotPsephotus haematonotus
Red shining parrotProsopeia tabuensis
Red-shouldered macawDiopsittaca nobilis
Red-spectacled amazonAmazona pretrei
Red-tailed black cockatooCalyptorhynchus banksii
Red-tailed parrotAmazona brasiliensis
Red-throated lorikeetCharmosyna amabilis
Red-throated parakeetAratinga rubritorquis
Red-winged parrotAprosmictus erythropterus
Red-vented cockatooCacatua haematuropygiaKalangay, Philippine cockatoo
Regent parrotPolytelis anthopeplus
Rimatara lorikeetVini kuhlii
Rock conure Pyrrhura rupicola Black-capped conure
Rock parrotNeophema petrophila
Rose-faced parrotPionopsitta pulchra
Rose-headed parakeetPyrrhura rhodocephala
Rose-ringed parakeetPsittacula krameri
Peach-faced lovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
Rüppell's parrotPoicephalus rueppelliiRueppell's parrot
Rufous-fronted parakeetBolborhynchus ferrugineifrons
Rusty-faced parrotHapalopsittaca amazonina
Saffron-headed parrotPionopsitta pyrilia
Saint Croix macaw Ara autochthones
Salmon-crested cockatooCacatua moluccensisMoluccan cockatoo
Salvadori's fig parrotPsittaculirostris salvadorii
Samoan lory Vini australis Blue-crowned lorikeet
Sangihe hanging parrotLoriculus catamene
Sandia conure Pyrrhura rupicola Black-capped conure
Santa Marta parakeetPyrrhura viridicata
Sapphire-rumped parrotletTouit purpurata
Scaly-breasted conure/parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis Maroon-bellied conure
Scaly-breasted lorikeetTrichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Scaly-headed parrotPionus maximilianiMaximilian parrot
Scaly-naped amazonAmazona mercenaria
Scarlet-chested parrotNeophema splendida
Scarlet-fronted parakeetAratinga wagleri
Scarlet macawAra macao
Scarlet-shouldered parrotletTouit huetii
Segavao Vini australis Blue-crowned lorikeet
Senegal parrotPoicephalus senegalus
Seram lory Eos semilarvata Blue-eared lory
Short-tailed parrotGraydidascalus brachyurus
Simple parrot Geoffroyus simplex Blue-collared parrot
Singing parrotGeoffroyus heteroclitus
Slaty-headed parakeetPsittacula himalayana
Slender-billed parakeetEnicognathus leptorhynchus
Socorro parakeetAratinga brevipes
Solomon lory Vini australis Blue-crowned lorikeet
Speckle-faced parrotPionus tumultuosus
Spectacled parrotletForpus conspicillatus
Spix's macawCyanopsitta spixii
Spot-winged parrotletTouit stictoptera
St. Lucia amazonAmazona versicolor
Striated lorikeetCharmosyna multistriata
St. Vincent amazonAmazona guildingii
Sula hanging parrotLoriculus sclateri
Sulawesi hanging parrotLoriculus stigmatus
Sulphur-crested cockatooCacatua galerita
Sulphur-winged parakeetPyrrhura hoffmanni
Sulu racquet-tailPrioniturus verticalis
Sun conureAratinga solstitialis Sun parakeet
Superb parrotPolytelis swainsonii
Swift parrotLathamus discolor
Tahitian lory or Tahiti lorikeet Vini peruviana Blue lorikeet
Tanimbar cockatooCacatua goffiniana[4]Goffin's cockatoo
Tepui parrotletNannopsittaca panychlora
Thick-billed parrotRhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
Tucuman parrotAmazona tucumana
Tui parakeetBrotogeris sanctithomae
Turquoise parrotNeophema pulchella
Ultramarine lorikeetVini ultramarina
Varied lorikeetPsitteuteles versicolor
Vernal hanging parrotLoriculus vernalis
Vinaceous amazonAmazona vinacea
Violet-necked loryEos squamata
Vulturine parrotPionopsitta vulturina
Wallace's hanging parrotLoriculus flosculus
Western rosellaPlatycercus icterotis
Western corellaCacatua pastinator
White cockatooCacatua albaUmbrella cockatoo
White-bellied parrotPionites leucogasterWhite-bellied Caique
White-crowned parrotPionus senilis
White-eared parakeetPyrrhura leucotis
White-eyed parakeetAratinga leucophthalmus
White-fronted amazonAmazona albifrons
White-naped loryLorius albidinuchus
White-necked parakeetPyrrhura albipectus
Carnaby's black cockatooCalyptorhynchus latirostrisShort-billed black cockatoo
Wied's parrotlet Touit melanonota Brown-backed parrotlet
Yellow-and-green lorikeetTrichoglossus flavoviridis
Yellow-bibbed loryLorius chlorocercus
Yellow-billed lorikeetNeopsittacus musschenbroekii
Yellow-billed amazonAmazona collaria
Yellow-breasted pygmy parrotMicropsitta meeki
Yellow-capped pygmy parrotMicropsitta keiensis
Yellow-chevroned parakeetBrotogeris chiriri
Yellow-collared lovebirdAgapornis personatus
Yellow-crested cockatooCacatua sulphurea
Yellow-crowned amazonAmazona ochrocephala
Yellow-eared parrotOgnorhynchus icterotis
Yellow-faced parrotAlipiopsitta xanthops
Yellow-faced parrotletForpus xanthops
Yellow-fronted parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps Kākāriki or yellow-crowned parakeet
Yellow-fronted parrotPoicephalus flavifrons
Yellow-headed amazonAmazona oratrix
Yellowish-breasted racquet-tailPrioniturus flavicans
Yellow-lored amazonAmazona xantholora
Yellow-naped amazonAmazona auropalliata
Yellow rosellaPlatycercus elegans flaveolus
Yellow-shouldered amazonAmazona barbadensis
Yellowish-streaked loryChalcopsitta sintillata or scintillata
Yellow-tailed black cockatooCalyptorhynchus funereus
Yellow-throated hanging parrotLoriculus pusillus

See also

Notes

  1. "Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.004)". www.zoonomen.net. 2008-07-05.
  2. David, N. & Gosselin, M. 2002. The grammatical gender of avian genera. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 122: 257-282
  3. 3.0 3.1 Christidis L. & Boles W.E. (1994). "The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories". Hawthorn East Victoria : Royal Ornithologists Union Monograph Vol. 2 112 pp.
  4. Roselaar, C.S.; J.P. Michels. ". Systematic notes on Asian birds. 48. Nomenclatural chaos untangled, resulting in the naming of the formally undescribed Cacatua species from the Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae)". Zool. Verh. Leiden 350: 183–196.

Further reading

Juniper & Parr (1998) Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World; ISBN 0-300-07453-0.