Birds of the World

    PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae (African & New World Parrots)  
Genus: Eupsittula (5 species)


Peach-fronted Parakeet
Peach-fronted Parakeet (Eupsittula aurea)
Range: SA: Amazonia to s Bolivia, Paraguay and n Argentina
Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Bernie DUPONT     Copyright and usage info


Caatinga Parakeet
Caatinga Parakeet (Eupsittula cactorum)
Range: SA: e Brazil
Sitio Pau Preto, Potengi, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


Orange-fronted Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet (Eupsittula canicularis canicularis) Vulnerable
Range: MA: w Mexico to w Costa Rica
ZooAve, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Olive-throated Parakeet
Olive-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula nana astec) Near Threatened
Range: NA: Mexico to w Panama; also Jamaica
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Brown-throated Parakeet
Brown-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula pertinax)
Range: MA, SA: Panama through n SA
Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Often found in dry areas. The Brown-throated Parakeet is now found throughout the Colombian Andes, and has expanded to islands in the Caribbean as well. It is expanding its range in Central America as well.


© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba