One bird from this order of parrots, the Thick-Billed Parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha), has been known to occur naturally in the U.S. but hasn't been seen north of its native Mexico since the 1920's. When it was observed back then, it was in some of the same locations in which trogons can be experienced today: the southeastern mountains of Arizona.

The Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) used to be endemic to what is now the United States but was declared extinct in the 1930's.

Any parrots seen in the wild today, even in tropical Hawaii, have been introduced. The zoos in Trip 6 display a variety of birds from this order.

• FAMILY CACATUIDAE - COCKATOOS
  • Cockatoo (Cacatua) - KC Zoo - 11/4/2005
  • Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus) - SCZ - 6/21/2018
  • Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) - SCZ - 6/21/2018
• FAMILY LORIIDAE - LORIES
• FAMILY PSITTACIDAE - PARROTS
  • Fischer's Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri) - KC Zoo - 11/4/2005
  • Cuban Amazon Parrot (Amazona leucocephala) - Albuquerque Zoo - 8/30/2020
  • Yellow-Crowned Parrot (Amazona ochrocephala) - Peru - 1997
  • Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) - Albuquerque Zoo - 8/30/2020
  • Blue-and-Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) - Peru - 1997
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) - Peru - 1997
  • Eleonora Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) - KC Zoo - 2/27/2022
  • Lesser Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis nigra) - Omaha Zoo - 3/16/2017
  • Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus) - KC Zoo - 2/27/2022
  • Golden Conure (Guaruba guarouba) - SCZ - 6/21/2018
  • Kea (Nestor notabilis) - SCZ - 11/21/2018
  • Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus) - SCZ - 10/10/2021
    
    
  • Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) - [Extinct]

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• FAMILY CENTROPIDAE
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• FAMILY COCCYZIDAE
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• FAMILY CROTOPHAGIDAE
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• FAMILY CUCULIDAE
  • Crested Coua (Coua cristata) - SCZ - 10/10/2021
• FAMILY NEOMORPHIDAE
  • Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) - Petrified Forest NP, Palo Duro Canyon - 11/15/2023

OPISTHOCOMIFORMES - HOATZIN

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) [© Claudio Dias Timm]

The only species in this order, the Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), lives in the Amazon Rainforest. The Bronx Zoo tried to house a specimen in the 1990's but had difficulty keeping it alive. Like Great White Sharks and other animals, some just don't seem to be able to adapt to captivity. That means this is an entire order of birds that can't really be experienced in the U.S.