Editing Conure (section)

== Non-native colonies ==
Conures are highly adaptable to urban environments, and several non-native colonies have been observed globally. The exact origins of such colonies are generally unverifiable.

=== Hawaii ===
A colony of [[Red-masked parakeet|cherry-headed conures]] lives around the slopes of [[Diamond Head, Hawaii|Diamond Head]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10372980 |title=Tracking Oahu's wild parrots – Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL |publisher=Hawaii News Now |date=9 May 2009|first=Howard|last= Dashefsky |access-date=2015-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420184054/http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10372980|archive-date=2016-04-20}}</ref>

There also appears to be at least one colony living on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii.

=== Seattle, Washington ===
A conure colony lives in [[Seward Park (Seattle)|Seward Park]].

=== San Francisco, California ===
A colony of cherry-headed conures lives on [[Telegraph Hill, San Francisco]]. They are the subject of a film, ''[[The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill]]'', based on a story by [[Mark Bittner]]. Flocks of conures can be seen and heard in many other areas of San Francisco such as the [[Tenderloin, San Francisco|Tenderloin]] district and [[Alamo Square]].<ref name="fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us">{{cite web |url=http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/sfparrots.htm |title=Feral Parrot populations in San Francisco |publisher=fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us |date=1998-03-12 |access-date=2015-02-14 |archive-date=2016-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502042003/http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/sfparrots.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Santa Clara County, California ===
Multiple colonies of cherry-headed and/or [[Mitred parakeet|mitred conures]] thrive in and around [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]]. In particular [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://conurecommunity.com/images/cherryheaded/cherryheads.jpg |title=Cherry Heads Image |work=Conure Community |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905070201/http://conurecommunity.com/images/cherryheaded/cherryheads.jpg |archive-date=September 5, 2014 }}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/AEctNrEQhFM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20151219004055/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEctNrEQhFM Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEctNrEQhFM |title=Wild parrots of Sunnyvale |publisher=YouTube |date=2009-08-03 |access-date=2015-02-14}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=fed4dadc-1954-4c37-8fd4-0df9eb8fa17a |title=GC1V23Z Wild Parrots of Sunnyvale (Traditional Cache) in California, United States created by GoGoJo |publisher=Geocaching.com |access-date=2015-02-14}}</ref> [[Cupertino, California|Cupertino]] (especially around the [[Apple Infinite Loop|Apple Campus]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/schwa23/4172322574/ |title=Wild parrots in Cupertino. &#124; Flickr – Photo Sharing! |publisher=[[Flickr]] |date=2009-12-09 |access-date=2015-02-14}}</ref> and [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]].<ref name="fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us" />

=== Los Angeles, California ===
Multiple colonies of cherry-headed conures live in the [[San Gabriel Valley]] (the suburbs northeast of [[Los Angeles]]). Subtropical U.S. cities such as Los Angeles are great environments for tropical birds because of all the tropical plants that are cultivated as ornamentals, providing them with their natural food supply. Flocks of 50 or more descend on fruit trees during their bearing season, staying for a few days and making a deafening racket. During mating season, they build nests in the palm trees that line many streets in the region.

Three species of conures (genus ''Aratinga'') have formed non-native colonies in California. These are documented by the [http://www.californiaparrotproject.org/id_guide.html California Parrot Project] in affiliation with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and in cooperation with the Pasadena Audubon Society.

=== Long Beach, California ===
A colony of [[Eupsittula canicularis|half-moon conures]] has been observed in the Belmont Shore area of [[Long Beach, California]], since the late 1980s.

=== Delray Beach, Florida ===
A least one wild pair of nandays has been spotted in downtown [[Delray Beach, Florida]]. The total number of birds in the colony is yet undetermined.

=== Quakers ===
The Quaker (which may or may not be a conure) can be found in many states.  Quakers are also [[Monk parakeet#As pets|illegal to own]] in many US states, as they are known to build very large nests on powerlines (Quakers are the only parrots that build nests).<ref>{{cite web|title=Why Does The Quaker Parrot Get Such A Bad Rap?|url=http://www.birdchannel.com/media/bird-magazines/bird-talk/2010-november/bird-talk-persecuted-quaker-parrot.aspx.pdf|work= Bird Channel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412205127/http://www.birdchannel.com/media/bird-magazines/bird-talk/2010-november/bird-talk-persecuted-quaker-parrot.aspx.pdf|archive-date=2016-04-12
|first=Anastasia |last=Thrift|date= September 28, 2010}}</ref>