Amazons

Spectacled Amazon (Amazona albifrons )
Size: 10 inches (25 cm)
Indigenous to Mexico and Central America

Tucuman Amazon (Amazona tucumana )
Size: 12 inches (30 cm)
Indigenous to Bolivia and Argentina

Red-Lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis )
Size: 13 inches (33 cm)
Indigenous to Central America

Green-Cheeked Amazon (Amazona viridigenalis )
Size: 13 inches (33 cm)
Indigenous to northeastern Mexico

Lilac-Crowned Amazon (Amazona finschi )
Size: 13 inches (33 cm)
Indigenous to Mexico

Blue-Fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva aestiva ) and (Amazona aestiva xanthopteryx )
Size: 14 inches (35 cm) - A.a. aestiva
15 inches (38 cm) - A. a. xanthopteryx
A.a. aestiva is indigenous to Brazil.
A.a. xanthopteryx is indigenous to southern Brazil, northern Argentina and Paraguay.

Yellow-Fronted Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala ochrocephala ) and (Amazona ochrocephala panamencis )
Size: 14 inches (35 cm) - A. o. ochrocephala
12 inches (30 cm) - A. o. panamencis
A. o. ochrocephala is indigenous to Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia.
A. o. panamensis is indigenous to western Panama to northern Colombia.

Double Yellow-Headed Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala oratrix )
Size: 15 inches (38 cm)
Indigenous to the western coast of Mexico.

Yellow-Naped Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala auropalliata ) and (Amazona ochrocephala parvipes )
Size: 14 inches (35 cm)
A. o. auropalliata is Indigenous to Central America.
A. o. parvipes is indigenous to eastern Honduras, northeastern Nicaragua.

Orange-Winged Amazon (Amazona amazonica )
Size: 13 inches (33 cm)
Indigenous to South America

Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa )
Size: 15 inches (38 cm)
Indigenous from southern Mexico to the Northern half of South America.

Hawk-Headed Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus )
Size: 12 inches (30 cm)
Indigenous to Brazil, Venezuela and along the Andes in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.

(Note: Although the Hawk Headed Parrot is not of the Amazona genus, it is generally included in this group in a taxonomic listing due to the characteristics of the bird and the range and distribution of this particular genus.)

Macaws

Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus )
Size: 33 inches (83 cm)
Indigenous to Brazil, Bolivia, northeastern Paraguay

Blue And Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna )
Size: 34 inches (86 cm)
Indigenous to Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela

Blue-Throated Macaw (Ara glaucogularis )
Size: 34 inches (86 cm)
Indigenous to eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina

Military Macaw (Ara militaris )
Size: 30 inches (76 cm)
Indigenous to Central America, Columbia, Venezuela, northern Peru, Bolivia, to northwestern Argentina.

Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao )
Size: 36 inches (91 cm)
Indigenous to Central America, Columbia, and generally east of the Andes in Peru, Bolivia and northern Brazil.

Green-Winged Macaw (Ara chloroptera )
Size: 36 inches (91 cm)
Indigenous to Panama, Columbia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay.

Yellow-Collared Macaw (Ara auricollis )
Size: 16 inches (40 cm)
Indigenous to Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

Severe Macaw (Ara severa )
Size: 19 inches (48 cm)
Indigenous to Brazil

Red-Bellied Macaw (Ara manilata )
Size: 18 inches (46 cm)
Indigenous to Venezuela, Columbia, Peru, Bolivia and northern Brazil.

Noble Macaw (Ara nobilis cumanensis )
Size: 14 inches (35 cm)
Indigenous to Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil.

Hahn's Macaw (Ara nobilis nobilis )
Size: 12 inches (30 cm)
Indigenous to Venezuela and Brazil.

Conures

Golden Conure (Aratinga guarouba )
Size: 15 inches (38 cm)
Indigenous to Brazil

Finsch's Conure (Aratinga finschi )
Size: 11 inches (27 cm)
Indigenous to Central America

Mitred Conure (Aratinga mytrita )
Size: 15 inches (38 cm)
Indigenous to Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.

Gold-Capped Conure (Aratinga auricapilla )
Size: 12 inches (30 cm)
Indigenous to Brazil.

Jenday Conure (Aratinga gendaya )
Size: 12 inches (30 cm)
Indigenous to northeastern Brazil.

Sun Conure (Aratinga solstitialis )
Size: 12 inches (30 cm)
Indigenous to Venezuela and Brazil.

Half-Moon Conure (Aratinga canicularis )
Size: 9 inches (22 cm)
Indigenous to Central America

Nanday Conure (Nandayus nenday )
Size: 12 inches (30 cm)
Indigenous to Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

Lesser Patagonian Conure (Cyanoliseus patagonous )
Size: 18 inches (43 cm)
Indigenous to Argentina

Red-Bellied Conure (Pyrrhura frontalis )
Size: 10 inches (25 cm)
Indigenous to Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.

Pionus

Blue-Headed Pionus (Pionus menstruus )
Size: 11 inches (28 cm)
Indigenous to Costa Rica, Panama and northern South America.

White-Capped Pionus (Pionus senilis )
Size: 9 inches (22 cm)
Indigenous to Mexico and Central America

Bronze-Winged Pionus (Pionus chalcopterus )
Size: 11 inches (28 cm)
Indigenous to Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and northwestern Peru.

Dusky Pionus (Pionus fuscus )
Size: 9 inches (22 cm)
Indigenous to Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia.

Pionites

Black-Headed Caique (Pionites melanocephala )
Size: 9 inches (22 cm)
Indigenous to Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia.

White-Bellied Caique (Pionites leucogaster )
Size: 9 inches (22 cm)
Indigenous to Brazil and Peru.

South American Parakeets

Lineolated Parakeet (Bolborhynchus lineola )
Size: 6 inches (15 cm)
Indigenous to Mexico south through central Peru

Quaker Parakeet or Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus )
Size: 10 inches (25 cm)
Indigenous to Southeastern South America

Parrotlets

Pacific Parrotlet or Celestial Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis )
Size: 5 inches (13 cm)
Indigenous to western Equador to northwestern Peru

Green-Rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus )
Size: 4 inches (10 cm)
Indigenous to Trinidad, Columbia and northern Brazil

Yellow-Faced Parrotlet (Forpus xanthops )
Size: 6 inches (15 cm)
Indigenous to northwestern Peru

Brotogeris

Grey-Cheeked Parakeet (Brotogeris pyrrhopterus )
Size: 8 inches (20 cm)
Indigenous to western Ecuador to northwestern Peru

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