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From pets to flocks: How red-crowned Amazon parrots took over Los Angeles

I am not a native of Southern California. Since moving here over a decade ago, I have heard stories of the infamous wild ...
abc7NY

Juliet, last wild macaw in Rio, visits zoo every morning to canoodle companions, quell loneliness

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Some have claimed she's indulging a forbidden romance. More likely, loneliness compels her to seek company at Rio de Janeiro's zoo. Either way, a blue-and-yellow macaw that ...
Yahoo

Spix’s macaw: Rare parrot species thought to be extinct makes surprising comeback

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spix's macaw has been entirely extinct in the wild since the start of the century (Getty) (the_independent_577) A species of ...
KHQ

Lethal virus hits last rare blue macaws in Brazil wild

The only wild specimens of a rare blue parrot, which were recently returned to their natural habitat, have been diagnosed with an incurable, likely lethal virus, Brazil's government told AFP Thursday.
Greek Reporter

Amazon Parrots Were Traded Across the Andes Long Before the Inca Empire

A new study shows that parrots and Amazon macaws were traded across the Andes for elite feather ornaments long before the ...

Centuries before the Inca, Peru’s wealthy imported parrots from afar

Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated ...
ZME Science

Pre-Inca Wildlife Traders Were Moving Live Tropical Parrots Over the Andes 1,000 Years Ago for Elite Burials

Ancient DNA reveals pre-Inca societies transported live Amazonian parrots across the formidable Andes mountains.