Which Parrots Have You Seen in the Wild?

[Abby]

Let me think...
sulphers
little corellas
galahs
yellow tailed blacks
rainbow lorikeets
musk lorikeet
Port lincolns (trip over to the West coast of South oz)
eastern rosellas

There's probably more but that's what I can think of off the top of my head.

I'd love to see fig parrots. Since I met one last year I've become so obsessed with these little guys.

[nanmadpad]

I was recently in Costa Rica and saw flocks of scarlet macaws,they were in a almond tree right over my head dropping twigs and leaves all over me. They sure are noisey and messy in the wild,but beautiful.

[expressmailtome]

Originally Posted by nanmadpad

They sure are noisey and messy in the wild,but beautiful.

They are noisey everywhere!

Matt

[Monica]

Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill???? i.e. Cherry headed Conures, some hybridized with Mitred.

I did try to find a flock of Mitred Conures on Maui, Hawaii, but we didn't know where we were going and missed the turn... and it was rather late in the day and had other places to go... probably wouldn't have seen them anyway, since I believe they are on private property? Ionno...

[WhiteRaven]

That first photo is amazing! :o

[Ashling]

Rainbow lorikeets
Musk lorikeets
King parrots
Crimson and eastern rosellas
Red-rump parrot
Lots of unidentified grass parrots
Sulphur-crested toos
Yellow-tailed black toos
Galahs
Little corellas
Gang gangs
Cockatiel- escaped pet
Budgie- wild colored, unfortunately dead on the beach (probably a pet)
Princess parrot
An unidentified green species of parrot (sounded like a lory) I saw in Vietnam :S

And more, I'm sure, I haven't got a good memory! I want to see EVERY parrot in the wild at some point :)

[Ashling]

The vietnamese one could have been a Vernal Hanging Parrot... small, green and reminded me of a lory.

[brdfvr]

Originally Posted by Monica

Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill???? i.e. Cherry headed Conures, some hybridized with Mitred.

I did try to find a flock of Mitred Conures on Maui, Hawaii, but we didn't know where we were going and missed the turn... and it was rather late in the day and had other places to go... probably wouldn't have seen them anyway, since I believe they are on private property? Ionno...

Wow, where were all of those conures? That would be so cool if we had some wild parrots here in Wisconsin.

[Monica]

I actually did later "see" the mitred flock, on TV. I don't remember what the show was called, but they had this crew that went around asking people what they would do if they had a million dollars? One couple were taken up the mountain where the mitred parakeets live, and got to dine up there.

Found a website that has information on various parrot species that live in California, but I'm afraid there may be none in Wisconsin!
The California Parrot Project

[usamma]

When we were in India I saw a colony of Indian ringnecks in a huge tree. I mean, the trunk was bigger around than a car, and it stretched way up and had a huge spreading canopy. It was right in the middle of a strip mall type setup. There were so many ringnecks flying in and out of the tree and making a big chatter. It was really cool.

I saw other parrots there too but I was not a parrot owner at the time, and wasn't curious enough to pay attention to the details of what kind they were.