This Pair of Parakeets Are Saving Their Species One Chick at a Time

There are about 450 orange-fronted parakeets left in the world. Super breeders Nacho and Trixie are doing their best to ...
Forbes

A Biologist Tells The Story Of America’s Only Two Native Parakeets — One Lost To The World Forever In 1918 And Another That Thrives In South Texas

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Parrots are not an uncommon bird species — there are about ...
Forbes

Feral Parakeets Nest With Storks To Avoid Predators

A nesting association between invasive and native bird species can counteract predators to aid the spread of an invasive species across non-urban habitats, where the invasives may become crop pests A ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Monk Parakeets Are Highly Social Birds, but They Slowly ‘Test the Waters’ When Making New Friends

The unfamiliar monk parakeets got to know each other slowly before moving on to behaviors like preening, pictured here. Claire O'Connell Monk parakeets are highly social birds. These bright green ...
Post and Courier

Do You Know Your Lowcountry? The Carolina parakeet

In case you missed it, Jan. 5 was National Bird Day. It brought to mind one of the Lowcountry’s most beautiful lost treasures: the Carolina parakeet. The only parrot native to the continental United ...