What is "vasa parrot"

Vaza parrot \Va"za par`rot\ (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of parrots of the genus Coracopsis, native of Madagascar; -- called also vasa parrot.

The vasa parrots (Coracopsis) are three species of parrot which are endemic to Madagascar and other islands in the western Indian Ocean. Some taxonomists place the genus in Mascarinus.