White-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus)

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
22 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(M�ller, 1776)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical swamp forest, heavily degraded former forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname.

Introduced to USA (B).

Amazon basin from south-eastern Colombia and north-eastern Peru through Brazil to coastal Pará, and northern into French Guiana. Feral populations in Lima, Peru, and on Puerto Rico and mainland USA.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (25)...)

White-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus) [XC47714]
by Jeremy Minns from Quistacocha, Loreto, Peru (call)

White-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus) [XC94874]
by Paul Marvin from Bacia 69, Santarem, PA, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
Often treated as conspecific with Yellow-chevroned Parakeet (Brotogeris chiriri).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus) - 10 files

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