A feral parrot is a parrot that has adapted to life in an ecosystem to which it is not native. The birds are often descended from pets that have escaped...
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known as "parrot fever") in 1929-30 and the 1950s may have caused many Britons to abandon their pet parakeets, eventually giving rise to large feral populations...
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have been used on some feral populations. Feral parrot flocks can be formed after mass escapes of newly imported, wild-caught parrots from airports or quarantine...
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A feral (from Latin fera 'a wild beast') animal or plant is one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated individuals. As with an introduced...
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Monk parakeet (redirect from Quaker Parrot)
known as the monk parrot or Quaker parrot, is a species of true parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is a small, bright-green parrot with a greyish breast...
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Rose-ringed parakeet (redirect from Kramer parrot)
parts of the world where feral populations have established themselves and are bred for the exotic pet trade. One of the few parrot species that have successfully...
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Hollywood Freeway chickens Chickens as pets Feral pigeon Feral parrot Tove Danovitch (24 May 2023). "Kaui's Feral Chickens Are Out of Control". The Atlantic...
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or its meat Feral chicken Feral parrot Nagy, Kelsi, and Johnson, Phillip David. Trash animals: how we live with natures filthy, feral, invasive, and...
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Alexandrine parakeet (redirect from Alexandrine parrot)
parakeet (Psittacula eupatria), also known as the Alexandrine parrot, is a medium-sized parrot in the genus Psittacula of the family Psittaculidae, native...
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Red-crowned amazon (redirect from Mexican Red-headed Parrot)
NatureServe considers the species to be "Imperiled" in Texas. Populations of feral parrots exist in cities such as the Los Angeles metropolitan area in California...
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White-fronted amazon (redirect from White-fronted Parrot)
albifrons) also known as the white-fronted parrot, or spectacled amazon parrot, is a Central American species of parrot. They can imitate a range from 30 to...
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Budgerigar (redirect from Australian parrot)
parakeet or budgie (/ˈbʌdʒi/ BUJ-ee), is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot. Naturally the species is green and yellow with black, scalloped markings...
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Blue-fronted amazon (redirect from Blue-fronted Parrot)
the blue-fronted parrot, the turquoise-fronted amazon and the turquoise-fronted parrot, is a South American species of amazon parrot and one of the most...
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parrot, found in southern Texas Monk parakeet, a prevalent feral parrot in the United States, often incorrectly presumed to be native Feral parrots,...
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have made the capture of wild parrots for the pet trade illegal in an attempt to help protect wild populations. Feral populations of amazons can be found...
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Orange-winged amazon (redirect from Orange-winged parrot)
successfully hybridizing with a feral scaly-headed parrot (Pionus maximiliani) and also attempting to breed with feral monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)...
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Red-masked parakeet (category Feral parrots)
The red-masked parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys) is a medium-sized parrot from Ecuador and Peru. It is popular as a pet and are better known in aviculture...
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Yellow-headed amazon (redirect from Double Yellow-headed Parrot)
oratrix), also known as the yellow-headed parrot and double yellow-headed amazon, is an endangered amazon parrot of Mexico and northern Central America....
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Nanday parakeet (category Feral parrots)
parakeet or nanday conure, is a medium-small, mostly green, Neotropical parrot native to continental South America. The nanday parakeet was previously...
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Francisco, and a flock of feral parrots that he feeds and looks after. Bittner also wrote a memoir about his experiences with the parrots, which shares the title...
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Yellow-crested cockatoo (category Feral parrots)
introduced population of these birds is found in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s feral population is estimated to be around 200, 10% of the total wild population...
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Blue-and-yellow macaw (category Feral parrots)
ararauna), also known as the blue-and-gold macaw, is a large Neotropical parrot with a mostly blue dorsum, light yellow/orange venter, and gradient hues...
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Feral scaly-headed parrots have been observed breeding since 2017 in the parks of Malaga, Spain. In one Spanish case a female scaly-headed parrot was...
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Red-lored amazon (redirect from Red-lored Parrot)
The red-lored amazon or red-lored parrot (Amazona autumnalis) is a species of amazon parrot, native to tropical regions of the Americas, from eastern...
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Telegraph Hill, San Francisco (section Parrots)
the steps. Today Telegraph Hill is known for supporting a flock of feral parrots, primarily red-masked parakeets (Aratinga erythrogenys), descended from...
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Bourke's parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii, formerly known as Neophema bourkii), also known as the blue-vented parrot, sundown parrot, pink-bellied parrot, Bourke's...
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Conure (category Parrots)
wild parrots – Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL". Hawaii News Now. Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2015-02-14. "Feral Parrot populations...
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Lovebird (category Parrots of Africa)
the common name for the genus Agapornis, a small group of parrots in the Old World parrot family Psittaculidae. Of the nine species in the genus, all...
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Eastern rosella (category Feral parrots)
introduced parrot, eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius), in New Zealand. Notornis, 65, 174-177. Gilardi, J.D., and Toft, C.A. 2012. Parrots eat nutritious...
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Kākāpō (redirect from Owl Parrot)
habroptila), sometimes known as the owl parrot or owl-faced parrot, is a species of large, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot of the superfamily Strigopoidea....
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