Birds of the World

    PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae (African & New World Parrots)  
Genus: Psittacara (13 species)


Socorro Parakeet
Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes)
Range: MA: Socorro I.
Isla Socorro, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Amy McAndrews     Copyright and usage info

Found only on the island of Socorro.

Hispaniolan Parakeet
Hispaniolan Parakeet (Psittacara chloropterus) Vulnerable
Range: NA: Hispaniola
Dominican Republic  
   
Photograph by Robert Lockett   © All Rights Reserved.


Red-masked Parakeet
Red-masked Parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys) Near Threatened
Range: SA: w Ecuador and nw Peru
 
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Cuban Parakeet
Cuban Parakeet (Psittacara euops) Vulnerable
Range: NA: Cuba
Las Terrazas National Park, Cuba  
   
Photograph by Patty McGann     Copyright and usage info


Finsch's Parakeet
Finsch's Parakeet (Psittacara finschi)
Range: MA: Nicaragua to Panama
Zoo, Alajuela, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Cordilleran Parakeet
Cordilleran Parakeet (Psittacara frontatus) Near Threatened
Range: SA: w Ecuador to s Peru
 
   
Photograph by Petr Hamerník     Copyright and usage info

Split from the Scarlet-fronted Parakeet, which is found in Colombia and Venezuela, and is similarly green with red forehead. Note no red touching eye, and no large white area around eye (see Mitred Parakeet).

Green Parakeet
Green Parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus)
Range: MA: nw, e, s Mexico
La Concordia, Chiapas, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Very similar to Pacific Parakeet. May have a few scattered red spots.

White-eyed Parakeet
White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus)
Range: SA: Amazonia and sc
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

May have red spots on irregularly distributed on body.

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Puerto Rican Parakeet (Psittacara maugei)
Range: NA: Puerto Rico and Mona I.
 



Mitred Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet (Psittacara mitratus)
Range: SA: c Peru to nw Argentina
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Compare to Cordilleran Parakeet. Note white around eye and red blotches in face. Found in arid Andean areas up to 4000m.

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Red-throated Parakeet (Psittacara rubritorquis)
Range: MA: s Guatemala, Honduras and n Nicaragua
   



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Pacific Parakeet (Psittacara strenuus)
Range: MA: s Mexico to n Nicaragua
   


Compare to Green Parakeet.

Scarlet-fronted Parakeet
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara wagleri) Near Threatened
Range: SA: Colombia and n Venezuela
Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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