Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 5:37 
HONOLULU (KHNL) - The next time you take a stroll through Kapiolani Park, or around the Diamond Head area, keep an eye out for the red-masked parakeet. A small, colorful parrot native to the dry forests of coastal Ecuador and Peru where kiawe is plentiful. As a result, the birds feel right at home here on oahu.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 10:25 
Wild parrots are no more unnatural to the Southland skies than, say, house sparrows.The feral parrots were freaking me out.
Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 5:37 
Peruvian officials raided an old building in downtown Lima where 478 wild animals were held in unsanitary conditions without food and water. Officials believe the animals were being held to be sold in the black market.
Among the animals confiscated were 434 canary-winged parakeets, seven yellow-footed tortoises, four monkeys, a blue-and-yellow macaw, 17 black-headed parrots, four red-fronted parrots, five white-eyed parakeets, four grey-cheeked parakeets and a green parakeet.
Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 10:19 
Red-masked / Cherry headed parakeet (Aratinga erythrogenys)
The bird enthusiast who chronicled the adventures of a flock of red-headed conures in his book "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" knows most of the parrots by name, yet most of us would be hard pressed to tell one bird from another. While it has been known for a long time that we can become acutely attuned to our day-to-day environment, the underlying neural mechanism has been less clear.
Friday, May 18, 2007 at 14:19 
Red-crowned Amazon (Amazona viridigenalis) in Ocean Beach, San DiegoSAN DIEGO, Southern California has a vast array of transplants lured by the moderate climate and endless days of sunshine, and perhaps none are more exotic than the urban parrots that have come to colonise bedroom communities ringing major cities like San Diego and Los Angeles.
