Pictures of parrots [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Festive Amazon (Amazona festiva) Brown-throated Parakeets (Aratinga pertinax) Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) headshot Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Mealy parrot Chestnut-fronted Macaws (Ara severus) in flight (Brazil) Great Green Macaw (Ara ambigua) Blue-and-yellow macaws inflight Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) in flight Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Red-and-green macaws Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Aratinga pertinax Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) Scarlet macaw in flight (Costa Rica) Pair of scarlet macaws playing Pair of jawing scarlet macaws Pair of scarlet macaws Clearing winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Scarlet macaw Blue-and-yellow macaw flying in front of purple flowers Ara ararauna. Local name: Guacamayo boliviano Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Scarlet macaws in flight (Costa Rica) Scarlet macaws in flight (Costa Rica) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) watching the passing of two scarlet macaws Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Scarlet macaws nesting in a tree hollow (Costa Rica) Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) (Brazil) Chattering Lory (Lorius garrulus) Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Kapok seeds Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) White-throated (Cuvier's) Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus) Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Scarlet macaws in flight (Costa Rica) Pair of scarlet macaws Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Macaws; parrots; and other birds feed on clay for mineral and salt supplementation and to counter dietary toxins they ingest from seeds. The clay lick also serves as a social setting for the birds Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Red-and-green macaws Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Black-headed parrot (Pionites melanocephala) (Suriname) Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) in flight Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) (Brazil) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in tree Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Scarlet macaw in the Amazon Scaly-headed parrot (Pionus maximiliani)? (Brazil) Parrot Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus) (Brazil) Blue-headed parrots (Pionus menstruus) and Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) feeding on clay wall Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Wild Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Parrots Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Birds and other animals feed on clay to neutralize dietary toxins which are ingested during the comsuption of young seeds. Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Tricolored Lory (Lorius lory) Red-fronted Macaw (Ara rubrogenys) in captivity Parrot Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) (Brazil) Lovebird (Agapornis sp) Blue-and-yellow macaw Scarlet macaws in flight (Costa Rica) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Tricolored Lory (Lorius lory) Brown-headed parrot baby (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) Red-and-green macaws Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Brown-throated Parakeets (Aratinga pertinax) Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) Local name: Guacamayo escarlata Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in flight Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Yellowhead Parrot (Amazona oratrix) (Belize) Scarlet macaws in flight (Costa Rica) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Blue-and-yellow macaw Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus) (Brazil) Three Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Pair of scarlet macaws Pair of Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) Baby Eclectus Parrots (Eclectus roratus polychloros) Parrot (Costa Rica) Parrot Red-and-green macaws Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus) (Brazil) Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) (Brazil) Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) (Brazil) Scarlet macaws in flight (Costa Rica) Black-headed parrot (Pionites melanocephala) (Suriname) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Parrot (Suriname) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Birds and other animals feed on clay to neutralize dietary toxins which are ingested during the comsuption of young seeds. Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) watching another macaw land Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) parrots: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11