How Many Parrots Have You Seen? (1 Viewer)

Finally, a list that I can do! (Because the taxonomy - for the moment, fingers crossed - is actually straightforward...) Forty-seven for me; going to Australia really, really helps, as you can see.

In Costa Rica:
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
Scarlet Macaw
Red-lored Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
White-crowned Parrot

In Australia:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Rainbow Lorikeet
"White-cheeked" Rosella*
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
King Parrot
Galah
Crimson Rosella
Ringneck Parrot
Red-winged Parrot
Pink (Major Mitchell's) Cockatoo
Little Corella
Blue Bonnet
Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo
Red-rumped Parrot
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Long-billed Corella
Cockatiel
Budgerigar
Mulga Parrot
Red-tailed Black-cockatoo

In Cuba:
Cuban Parrot

In Belize:
Brown-hooded Parrot
Yellow-headed Parrot
Olive-throated Parakeet

In Ecuador:
Red-billed Parrot
White-capped Parrot
Maroon-tailed Parakeet
Bronze-winged Parrot
Cobalt-winged Parakeet
Yellow-crowned Parrot
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet
Orange-cheeked Parrot
Dusky-headed Parrot
Blue-headed Parrot
Black-headed Parrot
Blue-winged Parrotlet

In England:
Rose-ringed Parakeet

In Mexico:
White-fronted Parrot

In Chile:
Burrowing Parrot
Austral Parakeet

*This is an old name. I'm fairly sure this particular bit of parrot taxonomy has changed since I saw it - I just haven't had a chance to figure out what the species is called now!

Jeff hopkins said:

1 Kea
2 Galah
3 Tanimbar Cockatoo
4 Rainbow Lorikeet
5 Collared Lory
6 Musk Lorikeet
7 Little Corella
8 Blue-rumped Parrot
9 Red Shining-Parrot
10 Port Lincoln Ringneck
11 Crimson Rosella
12 Budgerigar
13 Red-fronted Parrot
14 Meyer's Parrot
15 Red-bellied (Orange-bellied) Parrot
16 Fischer's Lovebird
17 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
18 Rose-ringed Parakeet
19 Red-breasted Parakeet
20 Long-tailed Parakeet
21 Hyacinth Macaw
22 Blue-and-yellow Macaw
23 Scarlet Macaw
24 Red-and-green Macaw
25 Blue-winged Macaw
26 Yellow-collared Macaw
27 Red-shouldered Macaw
28 Blue-crowned Parakeet
29 Green Parakeet
30 Pacific Parakeet
31 Crimson-fronted Parakeet
32 White-eyed Parakeet
33 Hispaniolan Parakeet
34 Olive-throated Parakeet
35 Orange-fronted Parakeet
36 Peach-fronted Parakeet
37 Brown-throated Parakeet
38 Maroon-bellied Parakeet
39 Sulphur-winged Parakeet
40 Monk Parakeet
41 Mountain Parakeet
42 Green-rumped Parrotlet
43 Pacific Parrotlet
44 Plain Parakeet
45 White-winged (Canary-winged) Parakeet
46 Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
47 Orange-chinned Parakeet
48 Cobalt-winged Parakeet
49 Brown-hooded Parrot
50 Blue-headed Parrot
51 Red-billed Parrot
52 Scaly-headed Parrot
53 White-crowned Parrot
54 Cuban (Rose-Throated) Parrot
55 Yellow-billed Parrot
56 Hispaniolan Parrot
57 White-fronted Parrot
58 Yellow-lored (Yucatan) Parrot
59 Black-billed Parrot
60 Red-crowned Parrot
61 Red-lored Parrot
62 Yellow-faced Parrot
63 Blue-fronted Parrot
64 Yellow-naped Parrot
65 Mealy Parrot
66 St. Lucia Parrot
67 St. Vincent Parrot

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Add:

Dusky-headed Parakeet
Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Red-bellied Macaw
Blue-winged Parrotlet
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet
Black-headed Parrot
Orange-cheeked Parrot
Speckle-faced (White-capped) Parrot
Bronze-winged Parrot
Orange-winged Parrot
Yellow-crowned Parrot

Now at 78

Add Green Parakeet (Texas) to my total, bringing it to 9

I have one my list that nobody seems to have mentioned.
Black Parrot, Seychelles.

147, the great majority of them in the Neotropics, including three blue macaws (of which Lear's is just the best, no question), Sulphur-breasted Parakeet, Vulturine and Bald Parrots, Yellow-eared Parrot (back in 1997).

Not nearly enough.

Now I know why I tend to choose 'small' families. Deep intake of breath and...............


Violet-backed Lory - Halmahera
Red Lory - Buru, Ceram
Blue-eared Lory - Ceram
Ornate Lory -Sulawesi
Rainbow Lorikeet - Bali, Buru, Ceram, Australia
Red-shouldered Lorikeet - Australia
Yellow + green Lorikeet - Sulawesi
Pohnpei Lorikeet - Pohnpei, FSM.
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet - Australia
Chattering Lory - Halmahera
Puple-naped Lory - Buru, Ceram
Collared Lorikeet - Fiji
Blue-crowned Lorikeet - W. Samoa
Musk Lorikeet - Australia
Little Lorikeet - Australia
Purple-creowned Lorikeet - Australia
Red-flanked Lorikeet - Halmahera, Ceram
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo - Australia
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo - Australi
Glossy Black Cockatoo - Australia
Gang-gang Cockatoo - Australia
Galah - Austalia
Pink Cockatoo - Australia
Yellow-crested Cockatoo - Sulawesi
Salmon-crested Cockatoo - Ceram
White Cockatoo - Halmahera
Little Corella - Australia
Long-billed Corella - Australia
Cockatiel - Australia
Kea - New Zealand
Kaka - New Zealand
Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot - Buru, Ceram
Double-eyed Fig Parrot - Australia
Blue-rumped Parrot - Pen. Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
Red-cheeked Parrot - Halmahera, Buru, Ceram
Yellow-breasted Raquet-tail - Sulawesi
Golden-mantled Raquet-tail - Sulawesi
Buru Raquet-tail - Buru
Great-billed Parrot - Halmahera, Buru, Ceram
Blue-backed Parrot - Sulawesi
Eclectus Parrot - Halmahera, Buru, Ceram
Crimson Shining Parrot - Fiji
Masked Shining Parrot _- Fiji
Red Shining Parrot- Fiji
Australian King Parrot - Australia
Moluccan King Parrot - Halmahera, Buru, Ceram
Red-winged Parrot - Australia
Rgent Parrot - Australia
Mallee Ringneck - Australia
Crimson Rosella - Australia
Yellow Rosella - Australia
Northern Rosella - Australia
Pale-headed Rosella - Australia
Eastern Rosella - Australia
Bluebonnet - Australia
Red-rumped Parrot - Australia
Mulga Parrot - Australia
Red-fronted Parakeet - New Zealand
Yellow-fronted Parakeet - New Zealand
Orange-fronted Parakeet - New Zealand ( Yes, it's genetically valid as a species )
Blue-winged Parrot - Australia
Orange-bellied Parrot - Australia ( Queenscliffe G.C. - where else? )
Turquoise Parrot - Australia
Budgerigar - Australia
Ground Parrot - Australia (Wilson's Prom)
Kakapo - LBI
Black Parrot - Seychelles
Grey Parrot - Gabon, Uganda, Kenya
Brown-necked Parrot - Senegambia, Uganda, Kenya
Jardine's Parrot - Gabon, Uganda, Kenya
Senegal Parrot - Senegambia
Meyer's Parrot - E. Africa
Yellow-fronted Parrot - Ethiopia
Red-bellied Parrot - Ethiopia, Kenya
Brown-headed Parrot - Kenya, Tanzania
Red-faced Lovebird - Gabon, E. Africa
Black-winged Lovebird - Ethiopia
Black-collared Lovebird - Gabon, Uganda
Fischers Lovebird - Tanzania
Vernal Hanging Parrot - Nepal > Vietnam
Sulawesi Hanging Parrot - Sulawesi
Moluccan Hanging Parrot - Halmahera
Red-billed Hanging Parrot - Sulawesi
Yellow-throated hanging Parrot - Java, Bali
Alexandrine Parakeet - Nthn. India > Vietnam
Ring-necked Parakeet - Senegambia, Ethiopia, Nthn. India, Nepal
Slaty-headed Parakeet - Nepal
Finsch's Parakeet - Thailand, Vietnam
Plum-headed Parakeet - Nth. India, Nepal
Blossom-headed Parakeet - Thailand, Vietnam
Lord Derby's Parakeet - Tibet ( Chamdo )
Red-breasted Parakeet - Nepal > Vietnam, Java, Bali
Long-tailed Parakeet - Pen. Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
Blue + Yellow Macaw - Venezuela
Great Green Macaw - Costa Rica
Scarlet Macaw - Costa Rica, Venezuela
Green-winged macaw - Venezuela
Chestnut-fronted Macaw - Venezuela
Red-bellied Macaw - Venezuela, Trinidad
Blue-crowned Conure - Venezuela
Red-fronted Conure - Venezuela
Finsch's Conure - Costa Rica
Cuban Conure - Cuba
Hispaniolan Conure - Dominican Republic
Olive-throated Conure - Jamaica, Costa Rica
Orange-fronted Conure - Costa Rica
Brown-headed Conure - Venezuela
Patagonian Conure - Argentina ( Buenos Aires city )
Red-eared Conure - Venezuela
Sulphur-winged Conure - Costa Rica
Monk Parakeet - Argentina ( Buenos Aires city )
Barred Parakeet - Costa Rica
Green-rumped Parrotlet - Venezuela, Trinidad
Tovi Parakeet - Costa Rica
Lilac-tailed Parrotlet - Venezuela, Trinidad
Brown-hooded Parrot - Costa Rica
White-crowned Parrot - Costa Rica
Cuban Amazon - Cuba
Yellow-billed Amazon - Jamaica
Hispaniolan Amazon - Dom. Rep.
White-fronted Amazon - Costa Rica
Black-billed Amazon - Jamaica
Yellow-cheeked Amazon - Costa Rica
Yellow-shouldered Amazon - Venezuela
Yellow-naped Amazon - Costa Rica
Yellow-crowned Amazon - Venezuela
Orange-winged Amazon - Venmezuela
Mealy Amazon - Costa Rica, Venezuela

Feral Populations

Budgerigar - Florida
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo - Belau, New Zealand
Blue-naped Parrot - Kota Kinabalu
Eclectus Parrot - Belau
Grey-headed Lovebird - Seychelles, Zanzibar
Fischer's Lovebird - Dar-es-Salaam, Mombasa, Nairobi, Naivasha
Yellow-collared Lovebird - Mombasa, Nairobi
Olive-crowned Hanging Parrot - Jakarta
Ring-necked Parakeet - UK, Holland, Germany, Egypt, Kenya, UAE, Hong Kong, Florida
Monk Parakeet - Germany, Florida
Canary-winged Parakeet - Florida
Yellow-headed Amazon - Florida

Chris

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Glossy Black Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Short-billed Black Cockatoo
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Galah
Long-billed Corella
Little Corella
Tanimbar Corella
Yellow-crested Cockatoo
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Vernal Hanging Parrot
Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
Rainbow Lorikeet
Red-collared Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Musk Lorikeet
Little Lorikeet
Australian Ringneck
Crimson Rosella
Pale-headed Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Western Rosella
Blue Bonnet
Red-rumped Parrot
Mulga Parrot
Rock Parrot
Turquoise Parrot
Blue-rumped Parrot
Blue-naped Parrot
Australian King Parrot
Superb Parrot
Regent Parrot
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Blossum-headed Parakeet
Grey-headed Parakeet
Layard's Parakeet
Red-breasted Parakeet
Long-tailed Parakeet
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Red-masked Parakeet
White-eyed Parakeet
Olive-throated Parakeet
Monk Parakeet
Scaly-headed Parrot
White-fronted Parrot
Yellow-lored Parrot
Red-necked Parrot
Imperial Parrot
Double-eyed Fig-parrot

My parrot life list thus far

Sorry, contributing rather late but found this thread accidentally in a search and found it of interest. Here's my list thus far:

Red Lory (E.b.rothschildi), Indonesia
Rainbow Lorikeet (T.h.haematodus), Indonesia
Western Black-capped Lory (L.l.lory), Indonesia
Collared Lory, Fiji
Red-flanked Lorikeet (C.p.placentis), Indonesia
Palm Cockatoo, Indonesia
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (C.g.triton), Indonesia
Seram (Salmon-crested) Cockatoo, Indonesia
Red-cheeked Parrot (G.g.rhodops & G.g.pucherani), Indonesia
Great-billed Parrot (T.m.megalorynchos & T.m.affinis), Indonesia
Eclectus Parrot (E.r.roratus & E.r.polychloros)), Indonesia
Moluccan (Amboina) King Parrot, Indonesia
Crimson Shining-parrot, Fiji
Masked Shining-parrot, Fiji
Red Shining-parrot, Fiji
Blue and Yellow Macaw, Bolivia
Blue-throated Macaw, Bolivia
Military Macaw, Mexico
Scarlet Macaw, Costa Rica and Venezuela
Red and Green Macaw, Bolivia and Venezuela
Red-fronted Macaw, Bolivia
Chestnut-fronted Macaw, Bolivia and Venezuela
Red-bellied Macaw, Venezuela
Red-shouldered Macaw, Venezuela
Blue-crowned Parakeet, Bolivia and Venezuela
Green Parakeet (A.h.holochlora), Mexico
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet (A.w.wagleri and A.w.transilis) Colombia and Venezuela
Mitred Parakeet, Bolivia
Crimson-fronted (Finsch's) Parakeet, Costa Rica
White-eyed Parakeet, Bolivia
Cuban Parakeet, Cuba
Hispaniolan Parakeet, Haiti
Dusky-headed Parakeet, Bolivia
Olive-throated (A.n.astec & A.n.vicinalis) Parakeet, Mexico
Orange-fronted Parakeet (A.c.canicularis, A.c.eburnirostrum & A.c.clarae), Mexico and Costa Rica
Peach-fronted parakeet, Bolivia
Brown-throated Parakeet (xanthogenia, arubensis, aeruginosa, venezuelae and probably chrysophrys), Aruba, Bonaire, Colombia and Venezuela
Golden-plumed parakeet, Colombia
Yellow-eared Parrot, Colombia
Maroon-fronted Parrot, Mexico
Green-cheeked parakeet, Bolivia
White-eared Parakeet (P.l.emma), Venezuela
Santa Marta Parakeet, Colombia
Sulphur-winged Parakeet, Costa Rica
Monk Parakeet, Bolivia
Mountain Parakeet, Bolivia
Mexican Parrotlet, Mexico
Green-rumped Parrotlet, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
Blue-winged Parrotlet (F.x.flavescens), Bolivia
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Bolivia
Orange-chinned Parakeet (B.j.jugularis & B.j.exsul), Costa Rica, Colombia & Venezuela
Golden-winged Parakeet, Venezuela and Guyana
Black-headed Parrot, Venezuela & Guyana
Black-winged Parrot, Bolivia
Rusty-faced Parrot (H.a.amazonina), Colombia
Indigo-winged (Fuertes') Parrot, Colombia
Blue-headed Parrot, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
Red-billed Parrot (P.s.antelius & P.s.saturatus), Venezuela and Colombia
Scaly-headed (Maximilian's) Parrot, Bolivia
Speckle-faced (White-headed) Parrot, Colombia
White-capped (White-crowned) Parrot, Mexico
Bronze-winged Parrot, Colombia
Dusky Parrot, Venezuela & Guyana
Cuban Parrot (A.l.leucocephala & A.l.palmarum), Cuba
Hispaniolan Parrot, Haiti
White-fronted parrot (A.a.albifrons, A.a.saltuensis & A.a.nana), Costa Rica & Mexico
Red-crowned Parrot, Mexico
Lilac-crowned Parrot, Mexico
Red-lored Parrot, Costa Rica
Yellow-shouldered Parrot, Bonaire
Blue-fronted Parrot, Bolivia
Yellow-naped Parrot, Costa Rica
Yellow-crowned Parrot (A.o.ochrocephala), Venezuela
Orange-winged Parrot (A.a.amazonica & A.a.tobagensis) Bolivia, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela
Scaly-naped Parrot (A.m.mercenaria & A.m.canipalliata), Colombia and Bolivia
Mealy Parrot (A.f.farinosa and A.f.virenticeps), Costa Rica and Venezuela
Red Fan ("Hawk-headed") Parrot (D.a.accipitrinus), Venezuela and Guyana

Forgot one...

Ooops, forgot Yellow-lored Parrot, Mexico

Have added a few more species (in bold) since my first list submission. The lovebird and Mitred Parakeet are not considered ABA countable and so are not on my ABA list, but I do count them on my lifelist.

Cacatuidae (1)
Galah

Psittacidae (10)
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Red-crowned Parrot
Green Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet
Musk Lorikeet
Monk Parakeet
Crimson Rosella
Meyer's Parrot
Rosy-ringed Parakeet
Rainbow Lorikeet

Now up to 85.

This year's upcoming trips - Ghana and Australia - should boost that total.

Still haven't seen the local parrots in LA. Supposedly "frequently sighted" in my area.

Anyway my short list, completely from the Melbourne area as my transport was greatly restricted:

Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Musk Lorikeet
Little Lorikeet
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Swift Parrot
Australian King-parrot
Blue-winged Parrot
Red-rumped Parrot
Eastern Rosella
Crimson Rosella
Galah
Long-billed Corella
Little Corella
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

So bummed that I missed Orange-bellied Parrot by 30 seconds. :-C And I was the only person out of more than 100 that missed Gang-gang Cockatoo at a "guaranteed" spot.

Silverwolf,

I can vouch for a fact that Red-crowned Parrot, at least, is abundant in the LA area. I saw hundreds there a couple years ago in a week long trip in southern California.

Carlos

My understanding is that their are now more Red-crowned Parrots in the wild in Southern California than their native Mexico

Its unfortunate how uncommon Red-crowneds are now in Mexico. Through the '70s, tens of thousands were trapped for export. You still see them for sale within Mexico.

Sorry to hear you missed the Orange-bellied and Gang-gangs Silverwolf. In sort of a reverse situation, some years ago a birding friend was visiting St. Lucia. He, a guide and a large group of others had hiked up a trail to look for the St. Lucia Parrot. No luck but at a mountainside look-out, while the guide spoke to the group, a lone St. Lucia Parrot flew across the valley below and quickly out of view. My friend was the only person facing the valley and therefore the only one to catch a glimpse of the bird. One very happy birder and a whole lot of unhappy birders left the mountain that day!

I'm off to the Yucatan in another couple of weeks. One of my nemesis parrots has been the Brown-hooded. This will be my third or fourth time solidly within their range and I'm hoping this time's the charm! The Brown-hooded is the only potential new parrot for me this trip so fingers are crossed!

A couple of folks have suggested their "favorites" but I'd be interested in others' memorable parrot species and why.

A few more from Chile :-

Patagonian Conure ( Burrowing Parakeet )
Austral Conure (Austral Parakeet )
Mountain Conure (Mountain Parakeet )

Chris

I finally saw a Red-fronted Parrotlet well enough to count it and add one more to my Psittacid total for 61 species. It was also one of the more memorable sightings, surreal actually. In June, 2012, I got out of bed after hearing a strange vocalization near the house. Went outside and saw a silhouette of a small parakeet perched on a cable. Never heaving heard the other candidates give similar calls, I ran upstairs, grabbed my scope (sans tripod) and propped it against the bedroom window to focus on the bird.

Incredibly, yes, it was a Red-fronted Parrotlet! This little known species is infrequently seen but appears to undertake quite a bit of migration within Costa Rica- up, down, and over mountains in search of food. I suspect that deforestation in the Central Valley is part of the reason why it is so rare.

Another very memorable sighting was my first Amazonian Parrotlets. While doing parrot surveys at the Tambopata Research Center in Peru, I had to crouch in a small blind near an equally small clay lick to count any birds that showed up. Not so many did but the few that made an appearance were Amazonian Parrotlets and White-bellied Parrots. Not only was seeing them memorable on account of their scarcity and rather recent discovery, but it was also memorable for being the best photo opportunity I ever missed- tiny, rare parrots 2 meters away and no camera (this was just before the advent of digital cameras)!!!

Now at 87. The Ghana trip in April added Senegal Parrot and Gray Parrot