The throaty squeaks of terror could easily be heard from 20 feet away. A pair of green parrots — likely red-crowned amazons native to northeast Mexico — screeched ...

So it came as a shock last month when residents began to find some of the beloved red-crowned parrots dead, entangled in traps. Others found their feathers scattered along the road. “I was just ...

There’s bad news for those hoping to crown — yet again — the kākāpō as New Zealand’s “Bird of the Year”: The flightless bird, also known as the world’s fattest parrot, isn’t in ...

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Recent rainfall in the Rio Grande Valley has been a boon to wildlife, and the Valley’s flocks of Red-crowned parrots are voicing their enthusiastic approval.

Texas has an estimated population of 900 endangered red-crowned parrots that have been spotted in areas like Brownsville, Harlingen, Weslaco and McAllen — all of which have confirmed roosts.