Naturalized Parrots Of The World — Review

Parrots are one of the most endangered groups of birds in the world, yet paradoxically, the populations of many parrot species are growing. How can this be?

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Naturalized red-masked parakeets (Aratinga erythrogenys) being fed by hand in Sunnyvale, California. (Credit: Dawn Endico / CC BY-SA 2.0)

People have kept and bred parrots in captivity for thousands of years (for just one example, read this). And yet, despite our close association over millennia…