List Of Parrots In Singapore

Singapore is in a unique position having both parrots that are native to South-east Asia and non-native parrots that are probably escaped pets who have learned to survive in the wild.  Being such a small country, you may see these parrots in close proximity to each other.

Tanimbar Cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana)[1] – C/EsRB – BB, BG, Changi Village, MF, SL, ST

Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) – U/EsRB – BG, Changi Village, Clementi, Dover Road, KR, MF, SJ, ST, TB

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) – R/Es – MF, ST

Umbrella Cockatoo (Cacatua alba) – R/Es – ST

Salmon-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) – R/Es – SP

Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) – R/Es – CF

African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) – R/Es – Dempsey Road

Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus) – VR/Es – Pasir Panjang

Blue-rumped Parrot (Psittinus cyanurus) – R/R – CF

Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus) – U/RB – BB, BG, BT, CF, KR, MF

Vernal Hanging Parrot (Loriculus vernalis) – R/Es – BG

Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) – C/EsRB – Tall tree areas

Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) – U/EsRB – BG, KB, PU, PY, SG, SL, SP

Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) – C/RB – Tall tree areas

Blossom-headed Parakeet (Psittacula roseata) – R/Es – PY

Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) – R/Es – CR

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) – U/EsRB – BG, JL

Red Lory (Eos bornea) – R/Es – BG

Dusky Lory (Pseudeos fuscata) – R/Es – BG

Blue-eared Lory (Eos semilarvata) – R/Es – BG

Peach-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis) – VR/Es – CF, Pasir Panjang

 

Abundance

VC = Very Common C = Common U = Uncommon
R = Rare VR = Very Rare Ex = Extinct

Status

I = Introduced rI = Reintroduced Es = Escapee
O = Ornamental F = Free-ranging RB = Resident Breeder
R = Resident WV = Winter Visitor PM = Passage Migrant
MB = Migrant Breeder V = Vagrant NBV = Non-breeding Visitor

Birding spots

AP = Admiralty Park BB = Bukit Batok BC = Bukit Brown Cemetery
BG = Botanic Gardens BT = Bukit Timah BW = Bidadari/Woodleigh
CF = Central Forests CR = Changi Reclaimed Land FC = Fort Canning
JL = Jurong Lake JS = Johor Strait KB = Khatib Bongsu
KD = Kranji Dam/Reservoir KM = Kranji Marsh KR = Kent Ridge Park
LH = Lorong Halus ME = Marina East MF = Mt Faber
MM = Mandai Mudflat MS = Marina South NT = Neo Tiew Lane
PB = Pedra Blanca PG = Punggol Grassland PH = Pulau Hantu
PP = Pulau Punggol PR = Pasir Ris PS = Pulau Semakau
PT = Pulau Tekong PU = Pulau Ubin PY = Poyan
SB = Sungei Buloh SE = Serangoon Estuary SG = Simpang Grassland
SJ = St John’s Island SL = Seletar SP = Sembawang Park
SS = Singapore Strait ST = Sentosa TB = Telok Blangah Hill
TG = Tuas Grassland TP = Tampines WC = West Coast

List Of Parrots In Caribbean Island Countries

BAHAMAS

Cuban Amazon – Amazona leucocephala

BARBADOS

Orange winged Amazon  – Amazona amzonica

Yellow crowned Amazon – Amazona orocephala

CAYMAN ISLANDS

Cuban Amazon – Amazona leucocephala

CUBA

Cuban Parakeet – Aratinga euops

Cuban Amazon – Amazona leucocephala

DOMINCA

Brown-throated Parakeet – Aratinga pertinax

Red-necked Parrot – Amazona arausiaca

Imperial Parrot – Amazona imperialis

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Hispaniolan Parakeet – Aratinga chloroptera

Olive-throated Parakeet – Aratinga nana

Hispaniolan Amazon – Amazona ventralis

HAITI

Hispaniolan Parakeet – Aratinga chloroptera

Hispaniolan Amazon – Amazona ventralis

JAMAICA

Olive-throated Parakeet – Aratinga nana

Green-rumped Parrotlet – Forpus passerinus

Yellow-billed Amazon – Amazona collaria

Black-billed Amazon – Amazona agilis

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (ARUBA, BONAIRE, CURACAO)

Brown-throated Parakeet – Aratinga pertinax

Green-rumped Parrotlet – Forpus passerinus

White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis

Yellow-shouldered Amazon – Amazona barbadensis

Orange-winged Amazon – Amazona amazonica

PUERTO RICO

(They have only ONE endemic parrot – Puerto Rican Amazon and LOTS of introduced parrots)

Tanimbar Corella (old name: Goffin’s Cockatoo) –  Cacatua goffiniana[1] (I)

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo – Cacatua galerita (I)

White Cockatoo –  Cacatua alba (I)

Budgerigar – Melopsittacus undulatus (I)

Red-masked Parakeet –  Aratinga erythrogenys (I)

Hispaniolan Parakeet – Aratinga chloroptera (A)

Brown-throated Parakeet – Aratinga pertinax (I)

Orange-fronted Parakeet –  Aratinga canicularis (I)

Nanday Parakeet – Nandayus nenday (I)

Monk Parakeet – Myiopsitta monachus (I)

Canary-winged Parakeet – Brotogeris versicolorus (I)

Hispaniolan Amazon –  Amazona ventralis (I)

Puerto Rican Amazon –  Amazona vittata (Endemic)

White-fronted Amazon –  Amazona albifrons (I)

Red-crowned Amazon – Amazona viridigenalis (I)

Yellow-headed Amazon –  Amazona oratrix (I)

Orange-winged Amazon –  Amazona amazonica (I)

ST LUCIA

Saint Lucia Amazon – Amazona versicolor

ST VINCENT

Saint Vincent Amazon – Amazona guildingii

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Blue-and-yellow Macaw – Ara ararauna         Trinidad only

Scarlet Macaw – Ara macao    Trinidad only

Red-bellied Macaw –    Orthopsittaca manilata            Trinidad only

Red-shouldered Macaw – Diopsittaca nobilis             Trinidad only

White-eyed Parakeet   – Aratinga leucophthalmus      Trinidad only

Green-rumped Parrotlet – Forpus passerinus

Lilac-tailed Parrotlet   – Touit batavica           Trinidad only

Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet   – Touit huetii

Blue-headed Parrot –  Pionus menstruus         Trinidad only

Yellow-crowned Parrot – Amazona ochrocephala      Trinidad only

Orange-winged Parrot – Amazona amazonica

 

 

List Of Parrots In Paraguay

Hyacinth Macaw – Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

Blue-and-yellow Macaw –  Ara ararauna

Red-and-green Macaw – Ara chloroptera

Blue-winged Macaw – Primolius maracana

Golden-collared Macaw – Primolius auricollis

Blue-crowned Parakeet – Aratinga acuticaudata

White-eyed Parakeet – Aratinga leucophthalmus

Peach-fronted Parakeet – Aratinga aurea

Nanday Parakeet – Nandayus nenday

Blaze-winged Parakeet – Pyrrhura devillei

Maroon-bellied Parakeet – Pyrrhura frontalis

Green-cheeked Parakeet-  Pyrrhura molinae

Monk Parakeet – Myiopsitta monachus

Blue-winged Parrotlet – Forpus xanthopterygius

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet – Brotogeris chiriri

Pileated Parrot – Pionopsitta pileata

Scaly-headed Parrot – Pionus maximiliani

Red-spectacled Parrot – Amazona pretrei

Blue-fronted Parrot – Amazona aestiva

Vinaceous Parrot – Amazona vinacea

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Military Macaw – Ara militaris

Great Green Macaw – Ara ambigua

Scarlet Macaw – Ara macao

Crimson-fronted Parakeet – Aratinga finschi

Olive-throated Parakeet – Aratinga nana

Orange-fronted Parakeet – Aratinga canicularis

Sulphur-winged Parakeet – Pyrrhura hoffmanni

Barred Parakeet – Bolborhynchus lineola

Orange-chinned Parakeet – Brotogeris jugularis

Red-fronted Parrotlet – Touit costaricensis

Brown-hooded Parrot – Pionopsitta haematotis

Blue-headed Parrot – Pionus menstruus

White-crowned Parrot-  Pionus senilis

White-fronted Amazon – Amazona albifrons

Red-lored Amazon – Amazona autumnalis

Yellow-crowned Amazon – Amazona ochrocephala

Yellow-naped Amazon – Amazona auropalliata

Mealy Amazon – Amazona farinosa

List Of Parrots In The Philippines

Mindanao Lorikeet – Trichoglossus johnstoniae

Guaiabero – Bolbopsittacus lunulatus

Luzon Racquet-tail – Prioniturus montanus

Mindanao Racquet-tail – Prioniturus waterstradti

Blue-headed Racquet-tail – Prioniturus platenae

Green Racquet-tail – Prioniturus luconensis

Blue-crowned Racquet-tail – Prioniturus discurus

Blue-winged Racquet-tail – Prioniturus verticalis

Great-billed Parrot – Tanygnathus megalorynchos

Blue-naped Parrot – Tanygnathus lucionensis

Blue-backed Parrot – Tanygnathus sumatranus

Philippine Hanging Parrot – Loriculus philippensis

Camiguin Hanging Parrot – Loriculus (philippensis) camiguinensis

List Of Parrots In Panama

Blue-and-yellow Macaw – Ara ararauna

Great Green Macaw – Ara ambigua

Scarlet Macaw – Ara macao

Red-and-green Macaw – Ara chloroptera

Chestnut-fronted Macaw – Ara severa

Crimson-fronted Parakeet – Aratinga finschi

Brown-throated Parakeet – Aratinga pertinax

Olive-throated Parakeet – Aratinga nana

Azuero Parakeet – Pyrrhura eisenmanni (E)

Sulphur-winged Parakeet – Pyrrhura hoffmanni

Barred Parakeet – Bolborhynchus lineola

Spectacled Parrotlet – Forpus conspicillatus

Orange-chinned Parakeet – Brotogeris jugularis

Red-fronted Parrotlet – Touit costaricensis

Blue-fronted Parrotlet – Touit dilectissima

Brown-hooded Parrot – Pionopsitta haematotis

Saffron-headed Parrot –  Pionopsitta pyrilia

Blue-headed Parrot – Pionus menstruus

White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis

Red-lored Amazon – Amazona autumnalis

Yellow-crowned Amazon – Amazona ochrocephala

Mealy Amazon – Amazona farinosa

List Of Parrots In African Countries And Nearby Islands

There are a lot of countries in Africa and there may be more that have parrots, but since this is an eco-tourism blog, I will concentrate on the ones that can be reached using frequent flyer miles and have some tourism infrastructure.  They will be listed alphabetically by country.

BOTSWANA

Peach-faced Lovebird – Agapornis roseicollis

Brown-necked Parrot – Poicephalus robustus

Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri

BURKINA FASO

Rose-ringed Parakeet –  Psittacula krameri

Senegal Parrot  – Poicephalus senegalus

CAMEROUN

Rose-ringed Parakeet – Psittacula krameri

Red-headed Lovebird – Agapornis pullarius

Black-collared Lovebird – Agapornis swinderniana

Gray Parrot – Psittacus erithacus

Red-fronted Parrot – Poicephalus gulielmi

Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri

Niam-Niam Parrot  – Poicephalus crassus

Senegal Parrot  – Poicephalus senegalus

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Rose-ringed Parakeet – Psittacula krameri

Red-headed Lovebird – Agapornis pullarius

Black-collared Lovebird – Agapornis swinderniana

Gray Parrot – Psittacus erithacus

Red-fronted Parrot – Poicephalus gulielmi

Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri

Niam-Niam Parrot  – Poicephalus crassus

COTE D’IVOIRE

Rose-ringed Parakeet – Psittacula krameri

Red-headed Lovebird – Agapornis pullarius

Black-collared Lovebird – Agapornis swindernianus

Gray Parrot – Psittacus erithacus

Brown-necked Parrot-  Poicephalus robustus

Red-fronted Parrot-  Poicephalus gulielmi

Senegal Parrot – Poicephalus senegalus

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Rose-ringed Parakeet – Psittacula krameri

Red-headed Lovebird – Agapornis pullarius

Black-collared Lovebird – Agapornis swinderniana

Gray Parrot – Psittacus erithacus

Brown-necked Parrot – Poicephalus robustus

Red-fronted Parrot – Poicephalus gulielmi

Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri

Niam-Niam Parrot – Poicephalus crassus

ETHIOPIA

Rose-ringed Parakeet – Psittacula krameri

Red-headed Lovebird – Agapornis pullarius

Black-winged Lovebird – Agapornis taranta

Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri

Red-bellied Parrot – Poicephalus rufiventris

Yellow-fronted Parrot – Poicephalus flavifrons

GHANA

Rose-ringed Parakeet – Psittacula krameri

Red-headed Lovebird – Agapornis pullarius

Black-collared Lovebird – Agapornis swindernianus

Gray Parrot – Psittacus erithacus

Brown-necked Parrot-  Poicephalus robustus

Red-fronted Parrot-  Poicephalus gulielmi

Senegal Parrot – Poicephalus senegalus

KENYA

Rose-ringed Parakeet – Psittacula krameri

Red-headed Lovebird – Agapornis pullarius

Fischer’s Lovebird – Agapornis fischeri

Yellow-collared Lovebird – Agapornis personatus

Grey Parrot – Psittacus erithacus

Red-fronted Parrot – Poicephalus gulielmi

Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri

Brown-headed Parrot – Poicephalus cryptoxanthus

Red-bellied Parrot – Poicephalus rufiventris

MADAGASCAR

Greater Vasa Parrot – Coracopsis vasa

Lesser Vasa Parrot – Coracopsis nigra

Grey-headed Lovebird –  Agapornis canus

MALAWI

Lilian’s Lovebird – Agapornis lilianae

Brown-necked Parrot – Poicephalus robustus

Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri

Brown-headed Parrot – Poicephalus cryptoxanthus

MAURITIUS

Rose-ringed Parakeet – Psittacula krameri

Mauritius Parakeet  – Psittacula echo

Gray-headed Lovebird – Agapornis canus

NAMIBIA

Peach-faced Lovebird – Agapornis roseicollis

Lilian’s Lovebird – Agapornis lilianae

Black-cheeked Lovebird – Agapornis nigrigenis

Brown-necked Parrot – Poicephalus robustus

Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri

Rüppell’s Parrot – Poicephalus rueppellii

NIGERIA

Rose-ringed Parakeet – Psittacula krameri

Red-headed Lovebird – Agapornis pullarius

Gray Parrot – Psittacus erithacus

Brown-necked Parrot-  Poicephalus robustus

Senegal Parrot – Poicephalus senegalus

SENEGAL

Rose-ringed Parakeet – Psittacula krameri

Brown-necked Parrot-  Poicephalus robustus

Senegal Parrot – Poicephalus senegalus

SOUTH AFRICA

Rose-ringed Parakeet – Psittacula krameri Introduced

Peach-faced Lovebird – Agapornis roseicollis

Brown-necked Parrot –  Poicephalus fuscicollis

Cape Parrot – Poicephalus robustus

Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri

Brown-headed Parrot – Poicephalus cryptoxanthus

TANZANIA

Gray-headed Lovebird – Agapornis canus

Red-headed Lovebird – Agapornis pullarius

Fischer’s Lovebird – Agapornis fischeri

Yellow-collared Lovebird – Agapornis personatus

Lilian’s Lovebird – Agapornis lilianae

Gray Parrot – Psittacus erithacus

Brown-necked Parrot – Poicephalus robustus

Red-fronted Parrot – Poicephalus gulielmi

Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri

Brown-headed Parrot – Poicephalus cryptoxanthus

Red-bellied Parrot – Poicephalus rufiventris

UGANDA

Rose-ringed Parakeet – Psittacula krameri

Red-headed Lovebird – Agapornis pullarius

Black-collared Lovebird – Agapornis swinderniana

Gray Parrot – Psittacus erithacus

Brown-necked Parrot – Poicephalus robustus

Red-fronted Parrot – Poicephalus gulielmi

Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri

ZAMBIA

Lilian’s Lovebird – Agapornis lilianae

Black-cheeked Lovebird – Agapornis nigrigenis

Brown-necked Parrot – Poicephalus robustus

Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri

ZIMBABWE

Lilian’s Lovebird – Agapornis lilianae

Black-cheeked Lovebird – Agapornis nigrigenis

Brown-necked Parrot – Poicephalus robustus

Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri

Brown-headed Parrot – Poicephalus cryptoxanthus

 

 

List Of Parrots In Papua New Guinea

Palm Cockatoo – Probosciger aterrimus

Little Corella – Cacatua sanguinea

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo – Cacatua galerita

Blue-eyed Cockatoo – Cacatua ophthalmica

Black Lory – Chalcopsitta atra

Brown Lory – Chalcopsitta duivenbodei

Yellow-streaked Lory – Chalcopsitta sintillata

Cardinal Lory – Chalcopsitta cardinalis

Dusky Lory – Pseudeos fuscata

Rainbow Lorikeet – Trichoglossus haematodus

Goldie’s Lorikeet – Psitteuteles goldiei

Purple-bellied Lory – Lorius hypoinochrous

Black-capped Lory – Lorius lory

White-naped Lory – Lorius albidinuchus

Red-chinned Lorikeet – Charmosyna rubrigularis

Striated Lorikeet – Charmosyna multistriata

Pygmy Lorikeet – Charmosyna wilhelminae

Red-fronted Lorikeet – Charmosyna rubronotata

Red-flanked Lorikeet – Charmosyna placentis

Fairy Lorikeet – Charmosyna pulchella

Josephine’s Lorikeet – Charmosyna josefinae

Papuan Lorikeet – Charmosyna papou

Plum-faced Lorikeet – Oreopsittacus arfaki

Yellow-billed Lorikeet – Neopsittacus musschenbroekii

Orange-billed Lorikeet – Neopsittacus pullicauda

Pesquet’s Parrot – Psittrichas fulgidus

Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot – Micropsitta keiensis

Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot – Micropsitta pusio

Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot – Micropsitta bruijnii

Meek’s Pygmy Parrot – Micropsitta meeki

Finsch’s Pygmy Parrot – Micropsitta finschii

Orange-breasted Fig-parrot – Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii

Double-eyed Fig-parrot – Cyclopsitta diophthalma

Large Fig-parrot – Psittaculirostris desmarestii

Edwards’s Fig-parrot – Psittaculirostris edwardsii

Painted Tiger Parrot – Psittacella picta

Brehm’s Tiger Parrot – Psittacella brehmii

Modest Tiger Parrot – Psittacella modesta

Madarasz’s Tiger Parrot-  Psittacella madaraszi

Red-cheeked Parrot – Geoffroyus geoffroyi

Blue-collared Parrot – Geoffroyus simplex

Singing Parrot – Geoffroyus heteroclitus

Great-billed Parrot – Tanygnathus megalorynchos

Eclectus Parrot – Eclectus roratus

Papuan King Parrot – Alisterus chloropterus

Red-winged Parrot – Aprosmictus erythropterus

Papuan Hanging Parrot-  Loriculus aurantiifrons

Green-fronted Hanging Parrot – Loriculus tener

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Blue-and-yellow Macaw – Ara ararauna

Scarlet Macaw – Ara macao

Red-and-green Macaw – Ara chloroptera

Chestnut-fronted Macaw – Ara severa

Red-bellied Macaw – Orthopsittaca manilata

Red-shouldered Macaw – Diopsittaca nobilis

White-eyed Parakeet – Aratinga leucophthalmus

Sun Parakeet – Aratinga solstitialis (A)

Brown-throated Parakeet – Aratinga pertinax

Painted Parakeet – Pyrrhura picta

Fiery-shouldered Parakeet – Pyrrhura egregia

Green-rumped Parrotlet – Forpus passerinus

Dusky-billed Parrotlet – Forpus sclateri

Golden-winged Parakeet – Brotogeris chrysopterus

Tepui Parrotlet – Nannopsittaca panychlora

Lilac-tailed Parrotlet – Touit batavica

Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet – Touit huetii

Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet – Touit purpurata

Black-headed Parrot – Pionites melanocephala

Caica Parrot – Pionopsitta caica

Blue-headed Parrot – Pionus menstruus

Dusky Parrot – Pionus fuscus

Blue-cheeked Amazon – Amazona dufresniana

Festive Amazon – Amazona festiva