What you need to know about Lorita, the Yellow-naped Amazon, along with parrot facts about her species. Geoffrey was born at the ARA Project, a macaw conservation group in Central Costa Rica.

Basil was taken from the wild as a chick in Honduras in 1987. He was shipped to a quarantine station in Florida, probably with other chicks — many of whom would not have survived. It’s estimated that ...

Critically endangered species have dangerously few individuals remaining in the population which normally makes them nearly impossible for people to see. The yellow-naped amazon is critically ...

Some parrots in the Amazon no longer sound like they used to when they call out to each other through the trees. Scientists studying the yellow-naped amazon (Amazona auropalliata) have noticed in the ...