Red-crowned Parrot Photo Gallery
Fairly large parrot with blocky head, thick neck, and short tail. Escaped birds have set up breeding populations in some U.S. cities outside the native range.
© Madeleine Sandefur / Macaulay LibraryTexas, March 22, 2017Fairly large parrot with flat head and short tail. Leaf green with prominent red patch on forecrown and yellowish tip to tail. Red patch in secondaries of wing are prominent in flight.
© Liam Wolff / Macaulay LibraryTexas, May 17, 2016Fairly large parrot with red forecrown and bluish nape. Often uses bill in addition to feet to grasp tree branches when moving around.
© Gregory Griffith / Macaulay LibraryFebruary 01, 1995Not all videos have soundLeaf-green parrot that can be very difficult to pick out amid tree foliage. Red forecrown transitions into bluish hindcrown and nape. Note red patch in secondaries of the wing, visible at rest.
© Juan Miguel Artigas Azas / Macaulay LibrarySan Luis PotosíGroups travel from roosting to feeding areas in the morning and evening, often forming small flocks and flying with shallow wingbeats. Note red patch in secondaries on trailing edge of wing, and yellowish tail tip.
© Michael O'Brien / Macaulay LibraryTexas, November 07, 2016Fairly large, leaf green parrots with red on the forecrown. Social and vocal, often feeding in groups on fruits in trees.
© Jeff Hendricks / Macaulay LibraryTexas, November 05, 2016© Aaron Graham / Macaulay LibraryTexas, January 17, 2022
© Tom Johnson / Macaulay LibraryTexas, March 20, 2018
© Mauricio López / Macaulay LibraryNuevo León
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