Species List

Species List

These are pretty much all of the species of parrots you can own in the U.S.

Macaws

There are 11 species of macaws that are considered the large macaws.

-Scarlet

-Spix's

There are 6 species of macaws that are considered the mini-macaws.

-Blue-headed

-Illiger's

-Severe

-Red-bellied

The Noble Macaw is a subspecies of the Hahn's that is slightly larger (Noble, Left; Hahn's, Right)

-Red Shouldered (Hahn's, Noble, Long-winged)

-Yellow-collared

There are 15 different kinds of hybrid macaws.

-Catalina (Blue & Gold-Scarlet)

-Harlequin (Blue & Gold-Greenwing)

(Greenwing father)

-Harlequin (Blue & Gold-Greenwing)

(Blue & Gold father)

-Miligold (Blue & Gold-Military)

-Bluffons (Blue & Gold-Buffons)

-Maui Sunset (Blue & Gold-Red fronted

-Jubilee (Harlequin-Greenwing)

-Cameo (Greenwing-Calico)

-Caloshua (Blue & Gold-Hyacinth

-Ruby (Scarlet-Greenwing)

-Shamrock (Scarlet-military)

-Verde (Scarlet-Buffons)

-Calico (Greenwing-Military)

-Buffwing (Greenwing-Buffons)

-Miliffons (Military-Buffons)

-Milicinth (Military-Buffons)

-Camelot (Catalina-Scarlet)

-Capri (Camelot-Scarlet)

-Flame (Greenwing-Catalina)

-Not Sure of Name (Harlequin-Shamrock)

Cockatoos

There are 17 different species of Cockatoos not including the subspecies.

-Moluccan

-Umbrella

-Sulphur Crested (Eleanora)

-Bare Eyed

-Blue Eyed

-Black Palm

-Ducorps

-Goffins

-Galah (Rose Breasted)

There are 4 common species of Eclectus Parrots.

(Eclectus parrots are Sexually Dimorphic or the sexes look different)

-Red Sided Eclectus

-Grand Eclectus

-Solomon Island Eclectus

-Vosmaeri Eclectus

There are 4 less common species of Eclectus Parrots.

-Biaki Eclectus

-Cornelia's Eclectus

-Macqillivray Eclectus

-Riedeli's Eclectus

Amazons

There are 27 known amazons out of 332 species of parrots. Some of which are endangered and not commonly kept as pets.

-Double Yellow Headed

-Festive

-Green-Cheeked

(not to be confused with the Green-Cheek conure)

There are two different species of African Greys.

There are many different types of conures. Many of which are not commonly kept as pets. This is a list of all common and uncommon conures.

-Adean

-Argentinia

-Argentinia White-Eyed

-Aruba or Aruba Brown-Throated

-Austral

-Azara's

-Aztec or Jamaican or Olive-Throated

-Bolivian Blue-Crowned

-Bonaire Brown-Throated

-Branicki's

-Brazilien Grey-Breasted

-Brazilien Brown-Throated

-Brewster's Green Conure

-Brown-Breasted

-Brown-Eared

-Brown-Throated or St. Thomas

-Chapman's Mitred Conure

-Cherry-Headed/Red Masked

-Chilian

-Chiriqui

-Colombian Brown-Throated

-Dusky-Headed or Weddell's

-Dwar or Jamaican

-Eastern Aztec

-Ecuadorian White-Eyed

-Golden Cap or Golden-Capped or Flame-Capped

-Guiana Brown-Throated

-Margarita Brown-Throated

-Orinoco Blue-Crowned

-Pacific Black-Tailed

-Tortuga Blue-Throated

-Venezuelan Blue-Crowned

-Venezuelan Blue-Throated

When you think "parakeet" the first thing that usually comes to mind is the little common parakeet that you can get at almost any pet store. However, there are in fact many different birds that are considered parakeets that are far from what you consider a parakeet.

-Plum Headed (female)

There are two species of Caiques and 5 subspecies.

The 8 out of the 9 species of lovebirds are available as pets.

There are 3 that are Sexually Dimorphic (sexes look different).

-Abyssinian

-Red-Faced

-Madagascar

There are 5 that are Sexually Monomorphic (sexes look the same).

-Black-Cheeked or Black-Faced (Eye Ring Species)

-Fischer's (Eye Ring Species)

-Masked (Eye Ring Species)

-Nyasa (Eye Ring Species)

-Peach-Faced or Rosy-Faced

Parrotlets

There are 6 species of parrotlets that are commonly kept as pets.

-Pacific or Celestial

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