#ParrotsAtoZ #45: B is for blue-headed macaw (Primolius couloni), Amazon headwaters and east Andean slopes in Peru, Bolivia, and NW Brazil. Vulnerable due to trapping for trade and deforestation. Pic near Oxapampa, Pasco, Peru, by Thibaud Aronson https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70891298
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#ParrotsAtoZ #44: B is for blue-fronted parrotlet (Touit dilectissimus) of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. Pic of a male feeding near Yarumal, Antioquia, Colombia, by Edwin Munera https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56284873

#ParrotsAtoZ #43: B is for blue-fronted lorikeet (Charmosynopsis toxopei), endemic to the island of Buru, South Maluku, Indonesia. Critically Endangered, infrequently seen. Extremely rare pic on Buru by Craig Robson https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/113420801
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#ParrotsAtoZ #42: B is for blue-fronted fig-parrot (Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii) of NW New Guinea. Rarely photographed in the wild; pic of a captive male by Arnaud Delberghe https://flic.kr/p/qPM9ZV
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Yesterday, at the birdfeeder, early in the morning, a male King Parrot greeted me coming so close I could almost touch him. He brought his girlfriend along for an early morning coffee and brunch.
None of the other birds were bold enough to come anywhere near me. It’s only when our dog came up to investigate that she flew off.
Totally, awesome experience!

#ParrotsAtoZ #41: B is for blue-eyed cockatoo (Cacatua ophthalmica), endemic to the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Pic at Kilu, West New Britain, by Markus Lilje https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6485554
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#ParrotsAtoZ #40: B is for blue-eared lory (Eos semilarvata), endemic to a small range on the island of Seram, Maluku, Indonesia. Rare pic in the wild by Robert Hutchinson https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/726532
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#ParrotsAtoZ #39: B is for blue-crowned racquet-tail (Prioniturus discurus) of the Philippines. Two elongated tail feathers end in spatules or "rackets" (bottom right). Pic near Bislig, Agusan del Sur, by Catherine McFadden https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/152163021
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#ParrotsAtoZ #38: B is for blue-crowned parakeet (Thectocercus acuticaudatus) with three large disjunct ranges in lowland dry forest in South America. Thought to be in decline due to ongoing habitat loss and exploitation for trade. Pic in the Rio Claro district south of Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil, by Norton Santos https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138424031
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#ParrotsAtoZ #37: B is for blue-crowned lorikeet (Vini australis), broad range in the South Pacific, including the Lau Archipelago (Fiji), Wallis and Futuna Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga and Niue. Pic at Tau, Manu'a, American Samoa, by Casey Weissburg https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20089827
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#ParrotsAtoZ #36: B is for blue-crowned hanging-parrot (Loriculus galgulus), large range in SE Asia, from southern Myanmar and Thailand through peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo and western Java. Pic of a male feeding on flowers of sleepy mallow (Malvaviscus arboreus) in the Bukit Timah area of Singapore by Lip Kee Yap https://flic.kr/p/9sRhED #birds #parrots #BirdPhotography #birdwatching

#ParrotsAtoZ #35: B is for blue-collared parrot (Geoffroyus simplex), native to the mountains of New Guinea. Very few photos in the wild, so here's a plate showing a pair (male above, female below) from Gould's "The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands" (1875-1888) https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53881898#page/124/mode/1up
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#ParrotsAtoZ #34: B is for blue-cheeked parrot (Amazona dufresniana), native to eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, and far northern Brazil. Near Threatened due to deforestation and trapping. Pic near the controversial recently reopened Espérance gold mine, Apatou, French Guiana, by Hugo Foxonet https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/492450381
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#ParrotsAtoZ #33: B is for blue-breasted parrot (Pionus reichenowi) or maitaca-de-barriga-azul, endemic to a narrow coastal strip of eastern Brazil. Vulnerable due to forest loss and habitat degradation. Pic at Linhares, Espírito Santo state, by Andréa Faria Santos via @wikiaves_oficial https://wikiaves.com.br/1453472
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#ParrotsAtoZ #32: B is for blue-bellied parrot (Triclaria malachitacea), endemic to patchy coastal forest in SE Brazil. Near Threatened due to habitat destruction. Pic of a pair (female L, male R) in Santa Catarina state by Vanusa Moller https://wikiaves.com/2996595
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#ParrotsAtoZ #31: B is for blue-backed parrot (Tanygnathus everetti) of the Philippines. Recently split from the azure-rumped parrot (T. sumatranus) after taxonomic review found phenotypic and genetic evidence of different clades in the formerly lumped species. Rare pic at Tawi-Tawi, an island province of the southern Philippines just NE of Borneo, by Desmond Allen https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/205121021
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#ParrotsAtoZ #30: B is for blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), large range in South America from Panama and the Caribbean coast to SE Brazil. Great pic in the Sobradinho district of Brasilia, national capital of Brazil, by Fernanda Fernandes https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/357954841
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#ParrotsAtoZ #29: B is for blue lorikeet (Vini peruviana), French Polynesia and the Cook Islands. Pic on Rangiroa, Cook Islands, by Joseph Brider via #iNaturalist https://inaturalist.org/observations/98755508
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#ParrotsAtoZ #28: B is for blossom-headed parakeet (Himalayapsitta roseata), large range from NE India across Bangladesh, Myanmar, S China, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia to Vietnam. Pic in Satchori National Park, 150km NE of Dhaka, Bangladesh, by Md Zaber Ansary https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/313416661
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#ParrotsAtoZ #27: B is for blaze-winged parakeet (Pyrrhura devillei), native to the Pantanal ecoregion of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. Near Threatened due to extensive loss of habitat. Pic in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, by Robin Gwen Agarwal https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127628905
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