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Budgerigar Parrot, Melopsittacus undulatus (Australian
import) <#765> --
Encycl. Britannica
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Carolina Parakeet, Conurupsis
carolinensis (extinct) <#183> -- J. J. Audubon
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Green-cheeked Amazon Parrot, Amazona
autumnalis viridigenalis < #764> -- R. H. Grantham
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Lineolated Parrakeet, Bolborhynchus
lineola (Neotropical import) <#762>- R. H.
Grantham
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Mexican Yellow-headed Amazon Parrot, Amazona
ochrocephala oratrix (Neotropical import) <#735> R. H. Grantham
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Orange-fronted Parakeet
or Conure, Aratinga canicularis <#810> -- G. C. Kelley
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Rose-ringed Parakeet, Psittacula
krameri (African/Asian import) <#812> -- J. Gooders
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Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao
(Neotropical import) <#766> -- Encycl. Britannica
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Thick-billed Parrot, Rhynchopsitta
pachyrhyncha <#811> -- K. W. Fink
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Thick-billed Parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
<#761>
-- Natl.Geographic Magazine
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White-crowned Parrot, Pionus senilis
senilis (Neotropical import) <#763> -- R. H.
Grantham
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The coastal and southern half of the
State of California has acquired a number of exotic parrot species, most of
which are of Neotropical origin. This
has occurred primarily through escapes from commercial and private
sources. Reproduction and hybridization
of several species in urban areas especially has been frequently
observed. As of 2006 there have been
no reports of widespread damage to crops, although backyard fruit trees have
occasionally been attacked. Species that are believed to have established
in California as of 2020 are the following: |
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