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Parrots and macaws are recognised by a curved bill. Their feet have two toes forward and two back. They hold food in one foot to bring it to the bill. Many can mimic sounds, and most live in tropical regions. Many live in pairs or in noisy flocks. Their plumage is often very colourful.
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Psittacidae
Ara ararauna · Least concern
Blue-and-yellow macaws are prized for their colours and ability to talk, and live 30 to 35 years in the wild. Between 1999 and 2003, wild-caught birds were moved from Guyana to Trinidad's Nariva Swamp to re-establish the species there.
Photo: Luc Viatour (CC BY 2.0)
Psittacidae
Melopsittacus undulatus · Least concern
Wild budgerigars are green and yellow, but captive breeding has produced blue, white, yellow and grey birds, some even with small crests. First recorded in 1805, this Australian parrot became a pet worldwide thanks to its small size, low cost and ability to mimic speech. Its plumage glows under ultraviolet light, possibly a courtship signal.
Photo: Benjamint444 (GFDL 1.2)
Psittacidae
Ara chloropterus · Least concern
Fine lines of tiny red feathers across the bare white skin around its eyes tell the red-and-green macaw apart from the scarlet macaw. It is the largest of the Ara macaws, second only to the hyacinth macaw in length. Critically endangered in Argentina, it is being brought back there: birds from Britain were imported in 2015 and the first pair released in February 2019.
Photo: Giles Laurent (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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