Found something sad in my pool today. Would like help with an ID.

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Neitherman: Sep 25, 2006; _{He will die without safety brief.}

Today I walked out to take a dip in my pool and found this poor fellow had taken his final bird bath. What kind of bird is this? It looks like a parrot of some type. I live near Phoenix and don't think it's native.

Edit: We just had a big dust storm recently and now part of me thinks he got caught in it and carried away. Poor guy.

Neitherman fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Jun 30, 2015

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Grraarrgghh: Feb 12, 2012; "Bernard, float over here so I can punch you."

Looks like a double-yellow or blue-fronted Amazon maybe? I'm not sure how much blue they have on their back.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 03:43

Neitherman: Sep 25, 2006; _{He will die without safety brief.}

Apparently we have a wild colony of Peach Faced Lovebirds around here. I don't know that this is one of them since its face doesn't look peach but maybe it's a color mutation?

http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-magazines/bird-talk/2009-february/peach-faced-lovebirds.aspx

# ? Jun 30, 2015 04:40

Chaosfeather: Nov 4, 2008

I doubt it's a lovebird, unless it can mostly fit in your hand. Got a good size comparison on it? It definitely looks like it could be an amazon of sorts. I don't think Double-Yellows have blue on their back but if it's a hybrid it could easily pop up. You're definitely in the range for 'invasive parrot' species so it might be a fluke. Is there a band around the leg? If it's not an invasive bird it could be someone's that was looking for water. Sad, but they would want to know.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 20:04

Neitherman: Sep 25, 2006; _{He will die without safety brief.}

It was small, smaller than a pigeon by far. It may have been a juvenile even. Also I did not see a band on the leg which makes it even stranger :iiam:

# ? Jul 1, 2015 15:41

LITERALLY A BIRD: Sep 27, 2008; I knew you were trouble
when you flew in

Poor little guy

It looks like some sort of Amazon to me, too, but they're much bigger than pigeons. rip mystery birb.

# ? Jul 1, 2015 19:11

Velvet Sparrow: May 15, 2006; 'Hope' is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune, without the words, and never stops--at all.

That's a male Pacific Parrotlet. Cute little birds, and they can scream just as loud as their larger cousins.

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Chaosfeather: Nov 4, 2008

Wow, good ID, I didn't even think about parrotlets. Yeah, that's definitely someone's pet then. Poor little guy.

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