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The Different Types of Parrot
Medium sized
(23-33cm)
Cockatiels
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus )
Hahn’s Macaw (Noble Macaw, Red-shouldered Macaw) (Diopsittaca nobilis )
Hahn's Macaw
Quaker Parakeet (Monk Parakeet) (Myiopsitta monachus )
Quaker Parakeet
Caiques:
Black-headed Caique (Black-headed or Black-capped Parrot, Pallid Parrot) (Pionites melanocephalus )
White-bellied Caique (White-bellied or Green-thighed Parrot) (Pionites leucogaster )
Black-headed Caique
Aratinga Conures:
Blue-crowned Conure or Parakeet (Sharp-tailed Parakeet) (Thectocercus acuticaudatus )
Brown-throated Conure or Parakeet (St Thomas Conure) (Eupsittula pertinax )
Cherry-headed Conure (Red-headed Conure, Red-masked Parakeet) (Psittacara erythrogenys )
Dusky-headed Conure or Parakeet (Weddell’s Conure) (Aratinga weddellii )
Jenday Conure (Jendaya Parakeet) (Aratinga jandaya )
Mitred Conure or Parakeet (Psittacara mitrata )
Nanday Conure or Parakeet (Black-hooded Parakeet) (Aratinga nenday )
Orange-fronted Conure or Parakeet (Half-moon Conure) (Eupsittula canicularis )
Peach-fronted Conure or Parakeet (Eupsittula aurea )
Sun Conure or Parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis )
Sun Conure
Pyrrhura Conures:
Black-capped Conure or Parakeet (Rock Conure) (Pyrrhura rupicola )
Blue-throated Parakeet (Red-eared Conure, Ochre-marked Parakeet) (Pyrrhura cruentata )
Crimson-bellied Conure or Parakeet (Pyrrhura perlata )
Green-cheeked Conure or Parakeet (Pyrrhura molinae )
Maroon-bellied Conure or Parakeet (Reddish-bellied Parakeet or Conure, Brown-eared Conure) (Pyrrhura frontalis )
Maroon-bellied Conure
Lories and Lorikeets:
Black-capped Lory (Tricolored Lory) (Lorius lory )
Blue-streaked Lory (Blue-streak, Blue-necked Lory) (Eos reticulate )
Chattering Lory (Lorius garrulous )
Dusky Lory (White-rumped or Dusky-orange Lory) (Pseudeos fuscata )
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus )
Rainbow Lorikeet
Pionus Parrots:
Blue-headed Pionus or Parrot (Pionus menstruus )
Bronze-winged Pionus or Parrot (Pionus chalcopterus )
Dusky Pionus or Parrot (Pionus fuscus )
Maximilian’s Pionus or Parrot (Scaly-headed) (Pionus maximiliani )
White-capped Pionus or Parrot (Pionus senilis )
Maximilian's Pionus
Brown-headed Parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus )
Cape Parrot (Levaillant’s Parrot) (Poicephalus robustus )
Jardine’s Parrot (Red-fronted Parrot) (Poicephalus gulielmi )
Meyer’s Parrot (Brown Parrot) (Poicephalus meyeri )
Red-bellied Parrot (Poicephalus rufiventris )
Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus )
Senegal Parrot
Cockatoos:
Bare-eyed Cockatoo (Blood-stained, Blue-eyed, Little Cockatoo, Short-billed Corella, Little Corella) (Cacatua sanguinea )
Ducorp’s Cockatoo (Solomons Cockatoo or Corella, Broad-crested Corella) (Cacatua ducorpsii )
Goffin’s Cockatoo or Corella (Tanimbar Corella) (Cacatua goffiniana )
Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (Leadbeater's Cockatoo, Pink cockatoo) (Lophochroa leadbeateri )
Rose-breasted Cockatoo (Galah, Galah cockatoo, Roseate cockatoo, Pink and Grey Cockatoo) (Eolophus roseicapilla )
Galah Cockatoo
Danielle, 29 July 2019
I have a cockatiel. She's kind of skittish but loves people, and she sings all day. Definitely my favourite kind of parrot.