Birds of the World - Psittacara


Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes) Range: MA: Socorro I. Isla Socorro, Mexico
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Found only on the island of Socorro.


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


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


Cuban Parakeet (Psittacara euops) Vulnerable Range: NA: Cuba Las Terrazas National Park, Cuba
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Finsch's Parakeet (Psittacara finschi) Range: MA: Nicaragua to Panama Zoo, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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Cordilleran Parakeet (Psittacara frontatus) Near Threatened Range: SA: w Ecuador to s Peru
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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 (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 (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.


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