The team believes that humans living in Pachacamac captured several species of Amazonian macaw parrots that were native to the lowland rainforest just east of the Andes. The birds were then carried ...

Experts say parrots were prized for their vibrant feathers, which held deep cultural value in pre-Hispanic societies. The post Parrot DNA shows animal trade networks existed hundreds of years ago ...

Scientists studied centuries-old bird feathers from an ancient tomb on the coast, and then traced the origins back to the Amazon.

The team suspected that “these birds were wild-caught in the rainforest, transported alive across the Andes, and kept in ...

New analysis of ancient parrot DNA has revealed that vibrant Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries before the Inca Empire, highlighting a sophisticated ...

If you’re like me, you’ve been eagerly anticipating the release of captive-bred Spix’s little blue macaws, Cyanopsitta spixii, back into their ancestral home in Brazil. These parrots are amongst the ...

A few months ago, I shared a study about parrots’ wasteful eating habits, which found that approximately half of the foods they handled ended up on the floor (more here). Wasting food doesn’t make ...

PANTANAL, Brazil - Hyacinth macaws in their cobalt-blue splendor descended on palm trees like exalted angels as we sat in our unpretentious fishing camp along the Rio Piquiri. The birds appeared in ...