Other Scientific Names
<>Brotogeris pyrrhopterus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Brotogeris pyrrhopterus [Stotz et al. (1996)], Brotogeris pyrrhopterus [Collar and Andrew (1988)], Brotogeris pyrrhopterus [Collar et al. (1994)], Brotogeris pyrrhopterus [BirdLife International (2000)], Brotogeris pyrrhopterus [BirdLife International (2004)]
Other Names (World)
Grey-cheeked Parakeet, Gray-cheeked Parakeet
Western and south-western Ecuador and extreme north-western Peru.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 15,000 (2010) and decreasing.
Status EN
Habitat destruction through agricultural conversion, logging and grazing by goats and cattle, trapping for the cage-bird trade are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Habits
Forages in pairs or small flocks.
Food
Flowers, seeds, fruit and catkins. Ceiba fruit apparently preferred. Also bananas and maize.
Voice
Flight call is a trilling 'stleeet stleeet'. When perched a grating 'stteeet stteeet'.
Grey-cheeked Parakeet (Brotogeris pyrrhoptera) [XC100094]
by Leonardo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez-Delgado from Carretera Lim\u00f3n - La Victoria, Macar\u00e1, Loja, Ecuador (flight call, song, song & flight call)
Grey-cheeked Parakeet (Brotogeris pyrrhoptera) [XC9774]
by Niels Krabbe from Reserva Ecologica Manglares-Churute, Guayas, Ecuador (call, calls, perched)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Noticeably smaller than sympatric parrots, except tiny Pacific Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis), which is much smaller and shorter tailed.
References
See References.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet