Crowned in Red ~ Crowned in Lilac
(Red-crowned and Lilac-crowned Parrots)
 

The closely related Red-crowned and Lilac-crowned Parrots (both CITES, Appendix I) are Southern California's most abundant parrots. These beautiful birds flock together and are often seen in mated or mixed-mated pairs. Adventurous, playful and fun-loving, their boisterous calls can be heard throughout the southern skies.
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Red-crowned &
Lilac-crowned Parrots

 

 

Designated a threatened species in 1988, the Red-crowned Parrot was added to the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species in 1994. Still declining in it's native range, only small populations of Red-crowned parrots remain.

On July 31, 2001, the California Bird Records Committee added the Red-crowned Parrot to the official list of California birds as an introduced species.

In 2004, the Lilac-crowned Parrot was placed in CITES Appendix I by the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species.

 

 
 
   
Page Updated: 01 May 2007
   



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