Thursday, August 8, 2013 at 8:02 
East Hemet parrot. Image by Kevin SnowKevin Snow, an avid photographer, fired up readers in a few ways when he snapped pictures of three parrots that he saw devouring almonds as he worked at his East Hemet rental house.
Monday, May 27, 2013 at 23:39 
Poached parrots nestlings at the rescue centre. Illegal trafficking of native parrots for house pets has been an escalating problem over the past several years. These birds are captured at a very young age to be sold as pets in the illegal pet trade market. The process results not only in the destruction of trees and life-long nests, but usually the death of the majority of the hatchlings that are taken for the pet trade.
Friday, February 15, 2013 at 7:25 
Young Amazona oratrix belizensisMerida finished her annual Carnival celebration this week.
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 13:16 
Every so often we get an e-mail of somebody claiming to have found a new species of parrot on a bird market somewhere in South or Central America. Usually these are experienced birders that are unable to identify a parrot species found for sale.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 15:31 
A newly announced ban on all parrot sales in Mexico may keep the country's rare exotic birds (above, military macaws in Sierra de Tamaulipas, Mexico) from dying during clandestine smuggling operations, conservationists say. Photograph by George Grall/NGS
A new permanent ban on parrot sales in Mexico may protect the country's exotic birds from a thriving illegal wildlife trade, conservationists say.
