your blog is so amazing and i'm glad it exists as someone who loves sooo many animals. so since ive been having parrots on the brain lately i humbly request underrated parrot faves. some parrots that you think are really cool and interesting or have really unique patterns/coloration but you feel like not enough people know about or appreciate properly for whatever reason.
Thank you so much boo boo. I have some parrots right here that I think you will like...
Brown-hooded Parrot (Pyrilia haematotis), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Costa Rica
Photograph by Pieter-Jan D'Hondt
Bald Parrot (Pyrilia aurantiocephala), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Brazil
Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta bruijnii), male, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, New Guinea
These tiny parrots are only 8 cm (3 in) in length.
(This measurement does not include the tail feathers).
Maroon Shining Parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, endemic to Fiji
photograph by Lars Peteersson
Ultramarine Lorikeets (Vini ultramarina), family Psittaculidae, endemic to the Marquesas Islands (South Pacific)
photograph by peterodekerken
Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, found at various sites in arid regions of Australia
Once considered to be extinct, as there were no sightings of the bird between 1912 and 1979, since then the bird has only been seen very rarely.
The causes for the assumed decline of this bird are unknown.
Mainly terrestrial, nocturnal, feeds mostly on the seeds of Spinifex grasses.
photographs: John Young (QLD, 2013), Steve Murphy