Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A vivid red-crowned Amazon parrot (Amazona viridigenalis) perched on a leafy branch, surrounded by lush green tropical vegetation.

On a summer Friday evening in Brownsville’s Joe & Tony Oliveira Park, a pandemonium of squawking parrots is charming enough to cause children playing with tablets to look away from their screens.

Red-crowned parrots first arrived in Texas during the 1980s through the illegal pet trade. Species that have adapted to urban environments are typically considered neutral or even invasive. Instead, ...

Red-crowned parrots, an endangered species native to northeast Mexico, have found a new and safer home in parts of South Texas, according to a new study led by researchers at Texas A&M University.

(NEXSTAR) — The Lone Star State may not be the first place you would think to find wild parrots but one species of parrot has defied the odds to become a native Texan. What’s more, new research shows ...

The bird, a nonnative species whose population ballooned in the 1970s and 80s, became emblematic of Temple City, Calif. By Livia Albeck-Ripka Reporting from Los Angeles. For decades, the residents of ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — When thinking of the birds that define San Diego’s beaches, one probably pictures seabirds or seagulls in flight. But, there’s another avian species characteristic of the ...

Red-crowned Amazons have formed thriving wild populations in Los Angeles, with 3,000 to 5,000 birds counted. The parrots’ presence in California may help prevent extinction, as their native ...

Red-crowned Parrot https://www.flickr.com/photos/juliom/20457677839/in/photostream/ (Julio Mulero, Flickr) An endangered parrot species is making a home in South ...

A vivid red-crowned Amazon parrot (Amazona viridigenalis) perched on a leafy branch, surrounded by lush green tropical vegetation. The parrot’s striking red forehead, emerald green feathers© Nathaniel ...