The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Parrots

Psilopsiagon
Two species.

Previously in the genus Bolborhynchus.



Mountain Parakeet Psilopsiagon aurifrons
Four subspecies: aurifrons, margaritae, robertsi, rubrirostris.


Found in mostly-open or lightly-wooded montane habitats in the Andes: aurifrons is from central Peru; margaritae is from southern Peru through Bolivia to northern Chile and northwestern Argentina; robertsi is from Peru's Rio Maranon Valley; and rubrirostris is from northwestern Argentina and central Chile.


Zootierliste treats most of the birds in European zoos as "non-subspecific" but just based on colouration they are the nominate aurifrons.


Photo by @Therabu at Berlin Zoo (Germany) - male.


Mountain parakeet (Psilopsiagon aurifrons) - ZooChat


Photo by @Parrotsandrew at Paradise Park (UK) - female; note the lack of yellow on the forehead and lores.


Mountain Parakeet 13th September 2012 - ZooChat



Sierra or Grey-hooded Parakeet Psilopsiagon aymara
Monotypic.


Found in the mountains from central Bolivia to northwest Argentina.


Photo by @vogelcommando at a bird show in the Netherlands. In this species the sexes look the same.


Grey-hooded parakeet - ZooChat

 

Touit
Eight species.


None of these species are normally found in aviculture (most are entirely unknown in captivity, other than perhaps being kept locally in South America), and none are represented by photos in the Zoochat galleries.



Lilac-tailed or Seven-coloured Parrotlet Touit batavicus
Monotypic.


Found from the Guianas and northern Brazil, west to northern Venezuela; also found on the island of Trinidad.



Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis
Monotypic.


Found in Costa Rica and western Panama.



Blue-fronted Parrotlet Touit dilectissimus
Monotypic.


Found from central Panama to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.



Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet Touit huetii
Monotypic.


Found in Amazonia, in Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, and the Guianas.



Brown-backed Parrotlet Touit melanotus
Monotypic.


Endemic to southeast Brazil.



Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet Touit purpuratus
Two subspecies, purpuratus and viridiceps.


Found across northern South America, with purpuratus from the Guianas, northern Brazil and southern Venezuela; and viridiceps from northern Brazil across to Peru and Ecuador.



Spot-winged or Brown-shouldered Parrotlet Touit stictopterus
Monotypic.


Found from central Colombia to Ecuador and Peru.



Golden-tailed Parrotlet Touit surdus
Two subspecies, ruficauda and surdus.


Endemic to Brazil, with ruficauda in the northeast and surdus in the southeast.

 

And that is the completed Zoochat Photographic Guide to Parrots.


In this thread there are about 400 species in 98 genera, of which 295 species from 86 genera are represented by photos. There is currently a total of 528 photos in the thread, from 90 Zoochat members.

[I will keep this tally updated whenever photos are added / removed / changed. Last edit 02 May 2024]



Photo credits:


One photo:
@AluxesEcoparque
@baboon
@birdsandbats
@BerdNerd
@carlos55
@carl the birder
@Casuarius_casuarius
@Coelacanth18
@David Matos Mendes
@demonmoth
@d1am0ndback
@Dormitator
@Fishapod
@geomorph
@George_Renard
@Giant Eland
@Gigit
@Gil
@Great Argus
@GregOz
@Ituri
@Jana
@jayjds2
@J I N X
@Julio C Castro
@Kowari
@Macaw16
@Malayan Tapir
@Mayki
@mhale
@Mr Gharial
@MRJ
@Mr Wrinkly
@nanoboy
@nikola
@Nisha
@Pedro
@petthebird
@robmv
@savethelephant
@Sheather
@Sik Chung Lam
@Simon Hampel
@SMR
@TeaLovingDave
@twilighter
@Vulpes
@Zaz
@ZooElephantsMan
@zoogiraffe

Two photos:
@bongorob
@bongowwf
@Calyptorhynchus
@Dannelboyz
@Jakub
@Kakapo
@Michal Sloviak
@Nandito
@nrg800
@Semioptera

Three photos:
@Jo Kuyken
@Newzooboy
@NRJMelvinT
@ro6ca66

Four photos:
@Astrobird
@HOMIN96
@ralph
@toto98

Five to ten photos:
@Vision (five photos)
@Sicarius (six photos)
@ronnienl (seven photos)
@Terry Thomas (seven photos)
@alexkant (eight photos)
@Nick@Amsterdam (eight photos)
@ThylacineAlive (eight photos)
@Daniel Sörensen (nine photos)
@LaughingDove (ten photos)

Over ten photos:
@Parrotsandrew (12 photos)
@Zooish (12 photos)
@devilfish (13 photos)
@Goura (15 photos)
@KevinB (17 photos)
@Therabu (18 photos)

Over twenty photos:
@gentle lemur (25 photos)
@WhistlingKite24 (26 photos)
@Chlidonias (32 photos)
@Maguari (33 photos)
@Tomek (40 photos)
@Hix (50 photos)
@vogelcommando (70 photos)

 

In this post I will list all the species which are not represented by photos in the Zoochat galleries. Most of them are not surprising - i.e. they are species, or even entire genera, which have never been present in aviculture or are just very rarely kept - but there are also a few more common species of which apparently nobody has uploaded photos.


There are 108 species in total which do not have photos.


As broken down by subfamily:
Coracopsinae (2 spp)
Platycercinae (5 spp)
Psittacellinae (4 spp)
Loriinae (13 spp)
Agapornithinae (12 spp)
Psittaculinae (21 spp)
Psittacinae (2 spp)
Arinae (49 spp)



Family Psittaculidae

Subfamily Coracopsinae
Seychelles Black Parrot Coracopsis barklyi
Comoros Black Parrot Coracopsis sibilans

Subfamily Platycercinae
Western Ground Parrot Pezoporus flaviventris
Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis
Forbes' Parakeet Cyanoramphus forbesi
Reischek's Parakeet Cyanoramphus hochstetteri
Naretha Bluebonnet Northiella narethae

Subfamily Psittacellinae
Brehm's Tiger Parrot Psittacella brehmii
Madarasz's Tiger Parrot Psittacella madaraszi
Modest Tiger Parrot Psittacella modesta
Painted Tiger Parrot Psittacella picta

Subfamily Loriinae
Wilhelmina's or Pigmy Lorikeet Charminetta wilhelminae
Duchess Lorikeet Charmosynoides margarethae
Blue-fronted Lorikeet Charmosynopsis toxopei
White-naped Lory Lorius albidinuchus
Sula Lorikeet Saudareos flavoviridis
Pohnpei (Ponape) Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubiginosus
Red-throated Lorikeet Vini amabilis
Kuhl's Lorikeet Vini kuhlii
Meek's Lorikeet Vini meeki
Palm Lorikeet Vini palmarum
Red-chinned Lorikeet Vini rubrigularis
Stephen's Lorikeet Vini stepheni
Ultramarine Lorikeet Vini ultramarina

Subfamily Agapornithinae
Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus
Guaiabero Bolbopsittacus lunulatus
Moluccan Hanging Parrot Loriculus amabilis
Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot Loriculus aurantiifrons
Black-billed Hanging Parrot Loriculus bonapartei
Sangihe Hanging Parrot Loriculus catamene
Green or Small Sulawesi Hanging Parrot Loriculus exilis
Wallace's or Flores Hanging Parrot Loriculus flosculus
Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot Loriculus pusillus
Sula Hanging Parrot Loriculus sclateri
Sulawesi Hanging Parrot Loriculus stigmatus
Bismarck or Green-fronted Hanging Parrot Loriculus tener

Subfamily Psittaculinae
Red-breasted Pigmy Parrot Micropsitta bruijnii
Finsch's Pigmy Parrot Micropsitta finschii
Geelvink Pigmy Parrot Micropsitta geelvinkiana
Yellow-capped Pigmy Parrot Micropsitta keiensis
Meek's Pigmy Parrot Micropsitta meeki
Buff-faced Pigmy Parrot Micropsitta pusio
Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
Singing Parrot Geoffroyus heteroclitus
Rennell Parrot Geoffroyus hyacinthinus
Blue-collared Parrot Geoffroyus simplex
Yellow-breasted Racquet-tail Prioniturus flavicans
Green Racquet-tail Prioniturus luconensis
Mindoro Racquet-tail Prioniturus mindorensis
Montane Racquet-tail Prioniturus montanus
Blue-headed Racquet-tail Prioniturus platenae
Golden-mantled Racquet-tail Prioniturus platurus
Blue-winged or Sulu Racquet-tail Prioniturus verticalis
Mindanao Racquet-tail Prioniturus waterstradti
Nicobar Parakeet Psittacula caniceps
Simeulue Parrot Psittinus abbotti
Black-lored Parrot Tanygnathus gramineus


Family Psittacidae

Subfamily Psittacinae
Niam-Niam Parrot Poicephalus crassus
Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus

Subfamily Arinae
Sulphur-breasted Conure Aratinga maculata
Jamaican or Olive-throated Conure Eupsittula nana
Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii
Yellow-eared Parrot Ognorhynchus icterotis
Socorro Conure Psittacara brevipes
Green Conure Psittacara holochlorus
Wagler's or Scarlet-fronted Conure Psittacara wagleri
White-necked Conure Pyrrhura albipectus
Santarem or Hellmayr's Conure Pyrrhura amazonum
Todd's or Perija Conure Pyrrhura caeruleiceps
Flame-winged or Brown-breasted Conure Pyrrhura calliptera
Blaze-winged Conure Pyrrhura devillei
Fiery-shouldered Conure Pyrrhura egregia
Azuero Conure Pyrrhura eisenmanni
Bonaparte's or Deville's Conure Pyrrhura lucianii
El Oro Conure Pyrrhura orcesi
Wavy-breasted Conure Pyrrhura peruviana
Madeira Conure Pyrrhura snethlageae
Sinu Conure Pyrrhura subandina
Santa Marta Conure Pyrrhura viridicata
Yellow-tailed Caique Pionites xanthurus
Kawall's or White-faced Amazon Amazona kawalli
Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysoptera
Rusty-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca amazonina
Fuertes' or Indigo-winged Parrot Hapalopsittaca fuertesi
Black-winged or Black-eared Parrot Hapalopsittaca melanotis
Red-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops
Cliff Parakeet Myiopsitta luchsi
Bald or Orange-headed Parrot Pyrilia aurantiocephala
Orange-cheeked or Barraband's Parrot Pyrilia barrabandi
Caica or Hooded Parrot Pyrilia caica
Brown-hooded or Red-eared Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
Rose-faced Parrot Pyrilia pulchra
Saffron-headed or Bonaparte's Parrot Pyrilia pyrilia
Vulturine Parrot Pyrilia vulturina
Riparian or Large-billed Parrotlet Forpus crassirostris
Dusky-billed or Sclater's Parrotlet Forpus modestus
Rufous-fronted Parrotlet Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons
Andean Parrotlet Bolborhynchus orbygnesius
Manu or Amazonian Parrotlet Nannopsittaca dachilleae
Tepui Parrotlet Nannopsittaca panychlora
Lilac-tailed or Seven-coloured Parrotlet Touit batavicus
Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis
Blue-fronted Parrotlet Touit dilectissimus
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet Touit huetii
Brown-backed Parrotlet Touit melanotus
Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet Touit purpuratus
Spot-winged or Brown-shouldered Parrotlet Touit stictopterus
Golden-tailed Parrotlet Touit surdus

 

In this post I will list all the genera as used in the thread, showing which are fully, partly, or not all represented by photos in the Zoochat galleries. Only the extant parrot species have been counted in the totals for each genus.

Genera which are fully represented: 59
Genera which are partly represented: 26
Genera which are not represented at all: 12



Fully-represented: 59 genera
Most of these are very small genera, usually with only one to three species.

Nestor (2 of 2 spp)
Strigops (1 of 1 sp)
Nymphicus (1 of 1 sp)
Calyptorhynchus (2 of 2 spp)
Zanda (3 of 3 spp)
Probosciger (1 of 1 sp)
Cacatua (11 of 11 spp)
Callocephalon (1 of 1 sp)
Eolophus (1 of 1 sp)
Lophochroa (1 of 1 sp)
Psittrichas (1 of 1 sp)
Neophema (6 of 6 spp)
Neopsephotus (1 of 1 sp)
Barnardius (1 of 1 sp)
Eunymphicus (2 of 2 spp)
Lathamus (1 of 1 sp)
Platycercus (6 of 6 spp)
Prosopeia (3 of 3 spp)
Psephotellus (3 of 3 spp)
Psephotus (1 of 1 sp)
Purpureicephalus (1 of 1 sp)
Chalcopsitta (3 of 3 spp)
Charmosyna (2 of 2 spp)
Eos (6 of 6 spp)
Glossoptilus (1 of 1 sp)
Glossopsitta (1 of 1 sp)
Hypocharmosyna (2 of 2 spp)
Neopsittacus (2 of 2 spp)
Oreopsittacus (1 of 1 sp)
Parvipsitta (2 of 2 spp)
Pseudeos (2 of 2 spp)
Psitteuteles (1 of 1 sp)
Synorhacma (1 of 1 sp)
Melopsittacus (1 of 1 sp)
Cyclopsitta (2 of 2 spp)
Psittaculirostris (3 of 3 spp)
Alisterus (3 of 3 spp)
Aprosmictus (2 of 2 spp)
Polytelis (3 of 3 spp)
Eclectus (1 of 1 sp) (or 4 of 4 spp if the genus is split into multiple species)
Psittacus (2 of 2 spp)
Anodorhynchus (3 of 3 spp)
Ara (8 of 8 spp)
Cyanopsitta (1 of 1 sp)
Diopsittaca (2 of 2 spp)
Orthopsittaca (1 of 1 sp)
Primolius (3 of 3 spp)
Cyanoliseus (1 of 1 sp)
Enicognathus (2 of 2 spp)
Guaruba (1 of 1 sp)
Rhynchopsitta (2 of 2 spp)
Thectocercus (1 of 1 sp)
Deroptyus (1 of 1 sp)
Alipiopsitta (1 of 1 sp)
Graydidascalus (1 of 1 sp)
Pionopsitta (1 of 1 sp)
Pionus (8 of 8 spp)
Triclaria (1 of 1 sp)
Psilopsiagon (2 of 2 spp)


Partly-represented: 26 genera
There is a wide variety of representation here, probably the worst-represented being Vini (3 out of 10 species being depicted), Loriculus (5 of 15 species) and Prioniturus (2 of 10 species). At the other end there are genera like Amazona where 33 out of 34 species are depicted.

Coracopsis (2 of 4 spp)
Pezoporus (1 of 3 spp)
Cyanoramphus (6 of 8 spp)
Northiella (1 of 2 spp)
Charmosynopsis (1 of 2 spp)
Lorius (5 of 6 spp)
Saudareos (4 of 5 spp)
Trichoglossus (9 of 10 spp)
Vini (3 of 10 spp)
Agapornis (8 of 9 spp)
Loriculus (5 of 15 spp)
Prioniturus (2 of 10 spp)
Psittacula (12 of 13 spp)
Psittinus (1 of 2 spp)
Tanygnathus (4 of 5 spp)
Poicephalus (8 of 10 spp)
Aratinga (5 of 6 spp)
Eupsittula (5 of 6 spp)
Psittacara (9 of 12 spp)
Pyrrhura (18 of 30 spp)
Pionites (3 of 4 spp)
Amazona (33 of 34 spp)
Brotogeris (7 of 8 spp)
Myiopsitta (1 of 2 spp)
Forpus (7 of 9 spp)
Bolborhynchus (1 of 3 spp)


Not represented at all: 12 genera
There are several monotypic genera in here (almost half the total). Many of the genera here are not present at all in aviculture.

Psittacella (0 of 4 spp)
Charminetta (0 of 1 sp)
Charmosynoides (0 of 1 sp)
Bolbopsittacus (0 of 1 sp)
Micropsitta (0 of 6 spp)
Geoffroyus (0 of 4 spp)
Leptosittaca (0 of 1 sp)
Ognorhynchus (0 of 1 sp)
Hapalopsittaca (0 of 4 spp)
Pyrilia (0 of 7 spp)
Nannopsittaca (0 of 2 spp)
Touit (0 of 8 spp)

 

That's great, thanks.

Most of the species not depicted in the galleries are either very rare or non-existent in aviculture, but there are still a few which are kept in Europe or North America which haven't had photos uploaded yet.

 

@Therabu has added a new parrot species to the gallery, with a photo of a Blue-winged Parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius taken in Brazil.


Blue-winged Parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius - ZooChat

 

Do you have any photos showing the whole bird including the full tail?

 

A new parrot species has been added to the gallery and to this thread, with a photo of a Red-eared Conure Pyrrhura hoematotis by @Sicarius taken at Loro Parque.

There are now 295 species depicted in this thread, which is three-quarters of all parrot species.


Blood-eared parakeet (Pyrrhura hoematotis hoematotis) - ZooChat