The term parrot encompasses many bird species. A group given the scientific name Amazona includes about 30 species of parrots native to the New World. With the discovery of a new parrot species in ...

The newly identified Blue-winged Amazon parrot has a loud, short call and evolved from the White-fronted parrot quite recently, about 120,000 years ago. In 2014, during a visit to a remote part of the ...

Parrots are famously talkative, and a blue-fronted Amazon parrot named Moises -- or at least its genome -- is telling scientists volumes about the longevity and highly developed cognitive abilities ...

Birds of a feather flock together, but it can be hard to tell them apart – unless, of course, you’re an expert ornithologist. Such is the case for a species of parrot that was recently identified and ...

There are about 30 species of vibrantly colored Amazon parrots that soar through the skies of Mexico, the Caribbean and South America. But a new fluffy family member may soon be added to the Amazona ...

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A local bird owner is asking for Tallahassee to be on parrot watch. Terry Kauffman is hoping local residents can help him find his beloved Clover, a blue-fronted Amazon parrot, which went missing near ...

In 2014, during a visit to a remote part of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, an ornithologist came across parrots with a completely different color pattern from other known species. A new study names ...