Birds of a feather flock together, but it can be hard to tell them apart – unless, of course, you’re an expert ornithologist. Such is the case for a species of parrot that was recently identified and ...

For decades, countless bird lovers have scoured the Yucatán Peninsula on a quest for rare species. Now it appears they all missed one—and a bright and noisy one at that. A parrot with paint-box colors ...

The newly identified Blue-winged Amazon parrot has a loud, short call and evolved from the White-fronted parrot quite recently, about 120,000 years ago. In 2014, during a visit to a remote part of the ...

Despite its flamboyant feathers and shrill call, this elusive bird had remained unknown to science, until now. Meet the blue-winged Amazon (Amazona gomezgarzai), the latest species of parrot to have ...

June 27 (UPI) --Scientists have identified a new parrot species living on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Researchers believed the blue-winged Amazon parrot diverged from its closest relative, the ...

It's the time of year when mornings are filled with birdsong, and trees and shrubs are filled with the comings and goings of countless birds, all busily seeking out mates, building nests, and rearing ...

If you’re like me, you’ve been eagerly anticipating the release of captive-bred Spix’s little blue macaws, Cyanopsitta spixii, back into their ancestral home in Brazil. These parrots are amongst the ...

In 2014, during a visit to a remote part of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, an ornithologist came across parrots with a completely different color pattern from other known species. A new study names ...

There are about 30 species of vibrantly colored Amazon parrots that soar through the skies of Mexico, the Caribbean and South America. But a new fluffy family member may soon be added to the Amazona ...