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It is dusk at Oliveira Park, in Brownsville — the southern most city in Texas. A large, noisy flock of birds with brilliant green plumages and red splotches on their heads is fluttering in from the ...

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.

“You have to ask why birds would do this,” says Joe Corbo, a biologist at Washington University in St. Louis. “And one of the leading hypotheses is that the male has elaborate ornaments or colors that ...

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 ...

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 ...