Lucas Bustamante / Scarlet Macaws (Ara macao) drinking water inside an Amazonian claylick. Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador

Steven David Miller / Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) on a branch, Cania Gorge National Park, Queensland, Australia. September.

Steven David Miller / Eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus) female perched in a tree, The Wildlife Habitat Zoo, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia. August. Captive.

Karine Aigner / Cuban parakeets (Psittacara euops) preening each other, Bermejas, Cuba. Endemic.

Karine Aigner / Cuban Parakeet (Psittacara euops) preening each other, Cuba. Endemic.

Karine Aigner / Cuban parakeet (Psittacara euops) preening, Bermejas, Cuba. Endemic.

Andy Rouse / Orange-winged parrot (Amazona amazonica) feeding on flowering Immortelle tree, Tobago

Steven David Miller / Red-collared lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis) pair examining hole in Eucalyptus as a potential nesting hollow. Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia.

Nick Garbutt / Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) flock flying in front of clay lick. Heath River, Tambopata / Bahuaja-Sonene Reserves, Amazonia, Peru / Bolivia border.

David Perpinan / Two Hyacinth macaws (Anodorynchus hyacinthus) in a tree, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

David Perpinan / Blue-fronted amazon parrot (Amazona aestiva) entering nest in tree, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

David Perpinan / Blue fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva) chicks, confiscated from illegal wildlife trade, Brazil.