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PARROTS and Allies
South American Parrots and Parakeets
Order Psittaciformes Family Psittacidae
PARROTS and Allies
The order Psittaciformes is comprised of the parrots and their allies. They are found in most warm and tropical regions. The greatest diversity of parrots is found in South America and Australasia. Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, and strong legs. Like woodpeckers, they have 2 toes pointing forward (digits 2, 3) and 2 toes pointing backward (digits 1, 4). Most parrots are predominantly green, with other bright colors. They generally exhibit little or no sexual dimorphism. The most important components of most parrots' diets are seeds, nuts, fruit, buds and other plant material. Almost all parrots nest in tree holes. Parrots are some of the most intelligent birds, and the ability of some parrot species to imitate human voices enhances their popularity as pets.
These links lead to Psittaciformes web pages.
These links lead to Psittaciformes web pages.
African (Psittacidae)
Asian (Psittaculidae)
Australasian (Cacatuoidea): Cockatoo
Australasian (Psittaculidae): Lorikeet, Parrots-and-Parakeet
South American (Psittacidae): Amazon, Macaw, Parrots-and-Parakeet
Asian (Psittaculidae)
Australasian (Cacatuoidea): Cockatoo
Australasian (Psittaculidae): Lorikeet, Parrots-and-Parakeet
South American (Psittacidae): Amazon, Macaw, Parrots-and-Parakeet
South American Parrots and Parakeets
Order Psittaciformes Family Psittacidae
The South American parrots include the Amazons (genus Amazona) and Macaws which are listed on separate web pages.
Genus Alipiopsitta - 1 species
Parrot,_Yellow-faced formerly Yellow-faced Amazon Alipiopsitta xanthops Found: Brazil, Bolivia
The Yellow-facd Parrot has mainly green plumage; yellow head, shoulder, flanks; yellowish bill, belly.
Similar to: Yellow-headed Amazon. The ranges of Yellow-faced Parrot and Yellow-headed Amazon do not overlay.
Image by: 1) Rodrico Melo 2) JulaniPhotos - Brazil 3, 4) Charles_J_Sharp - BrazilSimilar to: Yellow-headed Amazon. The ranges of Yellow-faced Parrot and Yellow-headed Amazon do not overlay.
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3) Green morph 4) Yellow morph
Genus Aratinga
Parakeets of this New World genus are often called conures in aviculture. Most are long-tailed, mainlhy green, although a few are predominantly yellow or orange. They are social and commonly seen in groups in the wild. Many species from this genus are popular pets. For other Conures see Pyrrhura.
Parakeet,_Dusky-headed also Dusky-headed Conure Aratinga weddellii Found: North America (introduced), South America
The Dusky-headed Parakeet has mainly green plumage; gray-brown head; white eye-ring; black bill.
Similar to: Blue-crowned Parakeet. Blue-crowned Parakeet usually has some blue on its head; Dusky-headed Parakeet has gray-brown head. Blue-crowned Parakeet has bicolored bill; Dusky-headed Parakeet has black bill.
Image by: 1) David Long 2) Pierre Pouliquin 3) YamesA 4) jh WodchuckSimilar to: Blue-crowned Parakeet. Blue-crowned Parakeet usually has some blue on its head; Dusky-headed Parakeet has gray-brown head. Blue-crowned Parakeet has bicolored bill; Dusky-headed Parakeet has black bill.
Parakeet,_Golden-capped also Golden-capped Conure Aratinga auricapillus Found: Brazil, Paraguay
The Golden-capped Parakeet has mostly green plumage; golden crown, reddish face; white eye-ring; black bill; orange-red belly; blue tipped green tail.
Image by: 1) Character 2) Guerin Nicholas 3, 4) Nick Athanas - Brazil
Parakeet,_Jandaya also Jandaya Conure Aratinga jandaya Found: Brazil
The Jandaya has green upperparts; orange head, neck, upper-breast; orange-red-belly; gray or white eye-ring; black bill.
SImilar to: Sun Parakeet has a green mantle; Sun Parakeet has yellow mantle.
Image by: 1, 2) Dick Daniels - Mayaquez Zoo, Puerto Rico 4, 5, 6) Dick - Birds of Eden, South Africa 3) Sandy Cole - Birds of EdenSImilar to: Sun Parakeet has a green mantle; Sun Parakeet has yellow mantle.
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Parakeet,_Scarlet-fronted also Red-fronted Conure Asittacara wagleri Found: northern South America
The Scarlet-fronted Parakeet has green upperparts; yellowish-green underparts; red forehead; white eye-ring; ivory colored bill.
Image by: 1) Lynn Zheng 2) Eduardo_Dios 3) Michael_Jones
Parakeet,_Sun also Sun Conure Aratinga solstitialis Found: South America
The Sun Parakeet has yellow upperparts, crown, nape, breast; orange face, belly; black bill.
Similar to: Jandaya Parakeet. Jandaya Parakeet has a green mantle; Sun Parakeet has yellow mantle.
Similar to: Golden Parakeet. Golden Parakeet has ivory colored bill; Sun Parakeet has black bill
Image by: 1) Dick Daniels - Birds of Eden, South Africa 2, 6) Sandy Cole - Birds of Eden 3, 4, 5) Dick - Kuranda Bird World in Australia Similar to: Jandaya Parakeet. Jandaya Parakeet has a green mantle; Sun Parakeet has yellow mantle.
Similar to: Golden Parakeet. Golden Parakeet has ivory colored bill; Sun Parakeet has black bill
6) Sun Parakeet (left), Jandaya Parakeet (right)
Genus Bolborhynchus
Parakeet,_Andean Bolborhynchus orbygnesius Found: Andes in Bolivia, Peru
The Andean Parakeet has green plumage; darker above, lighter below; some blue visible while flying; pale bill.
Image by: 1) John_Gerrard_Keulemans 2) Graham_Ekins 3) Pinned
Parakeet,_Barred Bolborhynchus lineola Found: Mexico, Central America, northern South America
The Barred Parakeet has mostly green plumage; black bars on the mantle, back; black shoulders; ivory colored bill.
Image by: 1) Timo Hiegert 2) Lisa Lenscap
Parakeet,_Rufous-fronted Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons Found: Columbia
The Rufous-fronted Parakeet has mainly dull green plumage; rufous forehead; red markings on face; yellow bill.
Image by: 1, 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Diego_Monsalve, Pete_Morris
Genus Brotogeris
These mainly green parakeets are found in Central and South America. Some occur naturally in Mexico and some have been introduced to North America.
Parakeet,_Cobalt-winged Brotogeris cyanoptera Found: South America
The Cobalt-winged Parakeet has purple wings; green underparts; white eye-ring; ivory colored bill. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.
Image by: Avey y Conservacion - Ecuador Steve Ryan 3) Nick Athanas - Ecuador 4) Michael Keen - Peru
Parakeet,_Golden-winged Brotogeris chrysoptera Found: northern Brazil, the Guaians, Venezuela
The Golden-winged Parakeet has mainly green plumage visible at rest; large orange patch on wing visible in flight.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Venezuela 2) Charles_Sharp - Brazil 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Anselmo_d’Affonseca Charles_J_Sharp
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Parakeet,_Gray-cheeked Brotogeris pyrrhoptera Found: Peru, Ecuador
The Gray-cheeked Parakeet has mainly green plumage; gray cheeks; gray-blue crown; some orange on under-wing; ivory colored byll.
Image by: 1) Markaharper - Ecuador 2) Ronald_Navarrete 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Adrian_Royle in Ecuador
Parakeet,_Orange-chinned Brotogeris jugularis Found: Mexico, Central America, Columbia, Panama, Venezuela
The Orange-chinned Parakeet has mainly yellow-green plumage; orange chin; blue tinge to crown; olive-brown on patch on wing; brown eye; white eye-ring/
Image by: 1) Dominic Sherony - Panama 2) Andy_Morffew - Costa Rica Arkntina -Costa Rica 3) Rich Young
Parakeet,_Plain Brotogeris tirica Found: Brazil
The Plain Parakeet has green upperparts; some yellow on head; olive underparts; olive-brown on folded wings; brown eye; ivory colored bill with light brown nearer tip.
Image by: 1) Dario Sanches 2, 3)
Tiemi
Parakeet,_Tui Brotogeris sanctithomae Found: South America
The Tui Parakeet has mainly light green plumage; yellowish forehead spot; white eye-ring; dark bill.
Image by: 1) Claudio Timm - the Amazon, Brazil 2) Ruth Rogers 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Marcelo_Barreiros
Parakeet,_White-winged also Canary-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus Found: North America (introduced), South America
The White-winged Parakeet has mostly green plumage; white visible on wing when flying; yellow patch on edge of folded wing; brown eye; pale yellow bill.
Similar to: Yellow-chevroned Parakeet. The White-winged Parakeet and Yellow-chevroned Parakeet both have a yellow patch visible at the edge of their folded wings. The Yellow-chevroned Parakeet has a bolder eye-ring.
Image by: 1, 2) Claudio Timm - Brazil 3) anthrotect - ColumbiaSimilar to: Yellow-chevroned Parakeet. The White-winged Parakeet and Yellow-chevroned Parakeet both have a yellow patch visible at the edge of their folded wings. The Yellow-chevroned Parakeet has a bolder eye-ring.
Parakeet,_Yellow-chevroned Brotogeris chiriri Found: North America (introduced), South America
The Yellow-chevroned Parakeet has green upperparts; yellow on edge of folded wing; light olive underparts; brown eye; off-white eye-ring.
Similar to: White-winged Parakeet. The White-winged Parakeet and Yellow-chevroned Parakeet both have a yellow patch visible at the edge of their folded wings. The Yellow-chevroned Parakeet has a bolder eye-ring.
Image by: 1) Dario Sanches 2) Irene Nobrega 3) Paulo BarradasSimilar to: White-winged Parakeet. The White-winged Parakeet and Yellow-chevroned Parakeet both have a yellow patch visible at the edge of their folded wings. The Yellow-chevroned Parakeet has a bolder eye-ring.
Genus Cyanoliseus - 1 species
Parrot, Burrowing also Patagonian Conure also Burrowing Parakeet Cyanoliseus patagonus Found: mainly in Argentina
The Burrowing Parrot has brown head, back, breast; yellow belly, lower back; gray or brown breast; green tail tinted with blue; dark gray bill; white shoulders.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Birds of Eden, South Africa 4) Claudi Timm 5, 6) Nick Athanas - Argentina
1, 2, 3) Idenfied by Charlie Westerinen
Genus Deroptyus - 1 species
Parrot, Red-fan also Hawk-headed Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus Found: South America
The Red-fan Parrot has green upperparts; white crown; brown face streaked with white; dark red underparts with blue bands; gray eye-ring. Nape feather can be erected to display a red fan.
Image by: 1) Bobby 2) Sandy Cole - San Diego Zoo 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Curtis_Marantz 4) Ruth Rogers
Genus Enicognathus
Parakeet,_Austral Enicognathus ferrugineus Found: southern tip South America
The Austral Parakeet has mainly green plumage; some dull red on forehead, lores, belly, upper-tail. It is found the furthest south of any parrot.
Image by: 1) Miguel Vieira - Chile 2) Fabien Dany - www.fabiendany.com 3) Eleanor_Briccetti 4) Brendan_Ryan - Chile
Parakeet,_Slender-billed Enicognathus leptorhynchus Found: Chile
The Slender-billed Parakeet has mainly dull green plumage; crimson forehead, lores; pink/gray eye-ring; brown/red patch on belly.
Image by: 1) TJ Lin 2) Pinned 3) Egon Wolf
Genus Eupsittula
These species were formerly included in genus Aratinga.
Parakeet,_Brown-throated also Brown-throated Conure Eupsittula pertinax Found: Central America, northern South America
Brown-throated Parakeet has dark green upperparts; lighter green underparts; brownish throat, upper-breast.
Image by: 1) Dick Daniels - Panama 2) Cristobol Minic - Venezuela 3) Barloventomagico - Venezuela 4) Nick Athanas - Venezuela
Parakeet,_Cactus also Cactus Conure Eupsittula cactorum Found: Brazil
The Cactus Parakeet has green upperparts; brown face, upper-breast; orange-yellow lower-breast, belly; white eye-ring; green tail tipped with blue.
Image by: 1) Phillipe - Brazil 2) Nick Athanas 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ciro_Albano
Parakeet,_Olive-throated also Olive-throated Conure Eupsittula nana Found: Mexico, Carribean
The Olive-throated Parakeet has mainly green plumage; bold white eye-ring; light gray bill.
Image by: 1) Jerry Oldenettel 2 Sergey Yeliseev - Jamaica 3) birdphotos.com 
Parakeet,_Orange-fronted also Orange-fronted Conure Eupsittula canicularis Found: western Mexico to Costa Rica
The Oragne-fronted Parakeet has mainly green plumage; yellow-olive underparts; orange forehead; yellowish eye-ring; ivory color bill.
Image by: 1) Brian Ralphs - Costa Rica 2) Charlene Wood - Costa Rica 3) Nick Athanas - Costa Rica 
Parakeet,_Peach-fronted also Peach-fronted Conure Eupsittula aurea Found: South America
The Peach-fronted Parakeet has an orange frontal patch; yellowish-olive underparts; orange eye-ring; dark gray bill. It is found in eastern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, far northern Argentina and southern Suriname.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Brazil 2) Rodrigo Jesus Melo 3) Glauco Umbelino - Brazil 4) Blake_Matheson
Genus Forpus
Parrotlet, Blue-winged Forpus xanthopterygius Found: South America
The Blue-winged Parrotlet has mostly green plumage; whitish eye-ring; ivory colored bill. Only the male has blue patch on edge of folded wing.
Similar to: Green-rumped Parrotlet. Female Blue-winged Parrotlet may be confused with Green-rumped Parrotlet, but there is little overlap in the range.
Image by: 1) Bart Van Dorp 2) Dario Sanches 2, 3) Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes in
Goiânia,
Goiás, BrazilSimilar to: Green-rumped Parrotlet. Female Blue-winged Parrotlet may be confused with Green-rumped Parrotlet, but there is little overlap in the range.
1) Female 3, 4) Male
Parrotlet,_Dusky-billed Forpus modestus Found: South America
The male Dusky-billed Parrotlet has dark green upperparts with some blue on the back, wings, rump. Females have the blue replaced with green.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Brazil 2) Hector_Bottai - Brazil 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Dusan_Brinkhuizen in Ecuador
Parrotlet, Green-rumped Forpus passerinus Found: tropical South America
The Green-rumped Parrotlet has mostly green plumage with a bright green rump; ivory colored bill. Only the male has pale blue patch on edge of folded wing.
Similar to: Blue-winged Parrotlet. Blue-winged Parrotlet has a more obvious eye-ring than Green-rumped Parrotlet. Green-rumped Parrotlet has a bright green rump.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Barloventomagico - Venezuela 4) Nick Athanas - ColumbiaSimilar to: Blue-winged Parrotlet. Blue-winged Parrotlet has a more obvious eye-ring than Green-rumped Parrotlet. Green-rumped Parrotlet has a bright green rump.
1) Fledgling and female on right 2, 3, 4 ) Male
Parrotlet,_ Mexican Forpus cyanopygius Found: western Mexico
The male Mexican Parrotlet has green mantle, back, wing coverts; blue lower back, rump, secondary feathers; greenish-yellow underparts, face, forehead; brown eye; ivory colored bill. Female similar to male but with no blue plumage.
Image by: 1) Unknown 2) Laurel Parshall 3) Don_Loarie
Parrotlet, Pacific Forpus coelestis Found: Ecuador and Peru
The male Pacific Parrotlet has gray-green upperparts and underparts; yellowish-green forehead, face; blue streaking back from eye; blue-gray rear-crown, nape; blue rump. Females have mostly green plumage; blue streaking back from eye.
Image by: 1) Harrison Farr 2) Ruth Rogers 3) PeterDeHass - Peru 4) Undertable
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Parrotlet, Spectacled Forpus coelestis Found: Columbia, Panama, Venezuela
The male Spectacled Parrotlet has green upperparts; grayish-green underparts; darker green face; blue around and behind eye; blue edge of folded wing; blue rump; ivory colored bill. Female dark green upperparts; yellowish green underparts; ivory colored bill.
Image by: 1) Rogier Klappe - Columbia 2, 3) Julian Londono - Columbia
1) Female left, Male right 2) Female 3) Male
Parrotlet,_Yellow-faced Forpus xanthops Found: northern Peru
The Yellow-faced Parrotlet has olive-gray upperparts; greenish-yellow underparts; yellow fore-crown, face; bluish rear-crown nape; bill mainly ivory colored with dark gray patch on upper mandible. Male has dark blue lower back, rump; female has lighter blue.
Image by: 1, 2) Ruth Rogers 3) Nick Athanas - Peru 4) Pinned
1) Female 2) Male
Genus Graydidascalus - 1 species
Parrot,_Short-tailed Graydidascalus brachyurus Found: Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
The Short-tailed Parrot has mainly green plumage; large dark bill; hard to see red shoulder spot; short tail.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2) Shea_Hazarian - Peru
Gemus Guaruba - 1 species
Parakeet,_Golden also Golden Conure Guaruba guarouba Found: Brazil
The Golden Parakeet has yellow plumage with green on the wing coverts; pink eye-ring; ivory colored bill.
Similar to: Sun Parakeet. Golden Parakeet has ivory colored bill; Sun Parakeet has black bill
Image by: 1) Angoria 2) IPfreaks 3) ted 4) birdphotos.comSimilar to: Sun Parakeet. Golden Parakeet has ivory colored bill; Sun Parakeet has black bill
Genus Hapalopsittaca
Parrot, Black-winged Hapalopsittaca melanotis Found: Bolivia, Peru
The Black-winged parrot has a black patch on folded wing; green back; olive underparts; green tail tipped with blue; blue-gray bill. One subspecies has blue crown, nape, neck collar; dark ear covert. Other subspecies has moslty green head; bluish neck band; dull red ear covert.
Image by: 1) Marc Athanase
Parrot,_Indigo-winged also Fuertes's Parrot Hapalopsittaca fuertesi Found: Columbia
The Indigo-winged Parrot has mainly green plumage; yellow forehead, face; blue rear-crown; yellow-olive breast; variable red center-belly patch; red tail with violet tip.
Image by: 1) ProAves Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Alonso_Quevedo_Gil
Parrot,_Red-faced Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops Found: Ecuador, Peru
The Red-faced Parrot has dark red forehead, lores; green crown and nape with tint of blue; blue edge of folded wing; ivory colored bill with blue-gray base of upper mandible
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemanns 2, 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Dusan_Brinkhuizen, Lars_Petersson 
Parrot, Rusty-faced Hapalopsittaca amazonina Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Venezuela
The Rusty-faced Parrot has orange-red forehead; brown-red fore-crown; pale yellow lores; olive throat, breast; blue edge of folded wing; ivory colored bill with blue-gray base of upper mandible.
Image by: 1) Marc Athanase 2) Columbia Travel - Columbia 3) Pinned
Genus Leptosittaca - 1 species
Parakeet,_Golden-plumed also Golden-plumed Conure Leptosittaca branickii Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
The Golden-plumed Parakeet has green upperparts, upper-breast; yellow-green lower-breast, belly; golden eye-line starting at lores and proceeding behind the eyes as a feather plume; white eye-ring; dark gray bill.
Image by: Mark A Harper - Ecuador 2) ProAves Columbia - Columbia 3) Nick Athanas - Columbia 4) Pinned
Genus Myiopsitta - 1 species
Parakeet,_Monk Myiopsitta monachus Found: North America (introduced), South America, Europe (introduced)
The Monk Parakeet has a gray forehead, pale underparts, and bright green upperparts.
Image by: 1, 2) Dick Daniels - Mayaquez Zoo, Puerto Rico 3) Dick - Birds of Eden, South Africa
4) Dick - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico 5) Aditi the Stargazer 6) Trabajo Propio 7) Cristiano Crolle - River Tigre Delta, Argentina 8) Nick Athanas - Brazil
Genus Nandayus - 1 species
Parakeet,_Nanday also Black-hooded Parakeet Nandayus nenday Found: North America (introduced), South America
The Black-hooded Parakeet has a black crown, facial mask, and bill.
Image by: 1, 2) Apix - Florida 3) J Patrick Fischer 4) Loithmoq - Brazil 5) Cristiano Crolle - Esteros del Iberà, Argentina
Genus Nannopsittaca
Parrotlet,_Amazonian also Manu Parrotlet Nannopsittaca dachilleae Found: central South America
Tha Amazonian Parrotlet has mainly green upperparts; pale blue crown; yellowish-green underparts.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joao_Quental in Peru 2) Pinned
Parrotlet,_Tepui Nannopsittaca panychlora Found: Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
The Tepui Parrotlet has mainly green plumage; yellowish-green face; dusky brown bill.
Image by: 1) John_Gerrard_Keulemans 2) Joao_Quental
Genus Ognorhynchus - 1 species
Parrot, Yellow-eared Ognorhynchus icterotis Found: Columbia, Ecuador
The Yellow-eared Parrot has green upperparts; greenish-yellow forehead, ear coverts, underparts; black eye-ring; bill.
Image by: 1, 2) Columbia Travel 3) Nick Athanas - Columbia
Genus Pionites
Parrot,_Black-headed also Black-headed Caique Pionites melanocephalus Found: South America
The Black-headed Parrot has green upperparts; black cap; yellow head; dark gray bill; whitish breast, belly; yellow flanks.
Image by: 1) Sandy Cole - Jungle Island of Miami 2) Dick
Daniels - Jungle Island of Miami 3) Barbol
Parrot,_ White-bellied Pionites leucogaster Found: South America
The White-bellied Parrot has green upperparts; orange cap, nape; yellow cheeks, thights, vent; ivory colored bill; white breast, belly.
Image by: 1) Peter Tan - Jurong BIrd Park, Singapore 2) T J Lin 3) Mirjam 4) Pinned
Genus Pionopsitta - 1 species
Parrot,_Pileated Pionopsitta pileata Found: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
The Pileated Parrot has mainly green plumage; bluish flight feathers. Male has bright red forehead which extends just below eyes.
Image by: 1) birdphotos.com 2) Florin_Feneru 3) Claudio_Timm 4) Pinned
Genus Pionus
The birds in this genus are often called Pionus instead of Parrots. For example, Blue-headed Pionus instead of Blue-headed Parrot. Pionus tend to have a chunky body, bare eye-rings, and short squre tail. They are found in Central and South America.
Parrot, Blue-headed also Blue-headed Pionus Pionus menstruus Found: South America
The Blue-headed Parrot has mainly green plumage with blue head, neck, upper-breast; dark ear patches; dark bill with reddish area on upper mandible.
Image by: 1) YVe5 2) Julian Londono - Columbia 3) Nick Athan 4) Haplochromis
Parrot, Bronze-winged Pionus chalcopterus Found: northwestern South America
The Bronze-winged Parrot has dark blue upperparts with bronze or green upper wing-coverts; blue-green underparts with white areas; deep blue rump; deep blue tail with red at base; brown or whitish eye-ring; yellow bill.
Image by: 1) Randy 2) Francesco Veronesi - Ecuador 3) Ruth Rogers 4) Nick Athan - Ecuador
Parrot, Dusky Pionus fuscus Found: Columbia and eastern Amazon Basin
The Dusky Parrot has dark brown upperparts; gray-blue head; throat and neck has some dusky white; purplish-brown underparts; light gray eye-ring; dark gray bill with yellow at base.
Image by: 1) CyberKnightMK 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Maxime_Dechelle 3) Pinned
Parrot, Red-billed Pionus sordidus Found: Bolivia, Columbia, Venezuela
The Red-billed Parrot has a red bill; white eye-rings; mainly greenish plumage with dull blue breast; red under-tail.
Image by: 1) Diana_Padron 2) Barloventomagico - Venezuela 3) Pinned
Parrot, Scaly-headed Pionus maximiliani Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
The Scaly-headed Parrot has green upperparts; lighter brown-green lower-breast, belly; scaly appearing face; dark green or black forehead and lores; dull blue chin and throat band; dull yellow bill with gray at base; red under-tail coverts tipped with blue and green.
Image by: 1) Sandy Cole - Birds of Eden, South Africa 2) Alex Knowles 3) Claudio Timm 4) Nick Athanas
Parrot, Speckled-faced also Plum-crowned Parrot Pionus tumultuosus Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
The Speckled-face Parrot has mainly greem plumage, paler on underparts; red crown, nape; dark purple throat, upper-breast; red under-tail coverts tinted with purple; yellowish bill; pale gray eye-ring; yellow bill.
Image by: 1) Biodiversity Library 2, 3) Nick Athan - Columbia
Parrot, White-crowned also White-crowned Pionus Pionus senilis Found: Central America
The White-crowned Parrot has green upperparts; dull blue head with white crown, forehead; white throat; dull blue breast; blue-green belly; light colored eye-ring; yellow-green bill. In flight has visible blue underwings; red vent.
Image by: 1) Brian Gratwicke 2) Sandy Cole - Birds of Eden, South Africa 3) Rebecca O'Connor 4) Nick Athan - Costa Rica
Genus Psilopsiagon
Parakeet,_Gray-hooded Psilopsiagon aymara Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile
The Gray-hooed Parakeet has green upperparts; greenish-yellow flanks, under-wing coverts; brownish-gray crown; whitish-gray throat, breast; green belly with bluish tinge.
Image by: 1) Nes - Argentina 2) Brendan_Ryan 3) Pinned
Parakeet,_Mountain Psilopsiagon aurifrons Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru
The Mountain Parakeet has green upperparts, crown; yellow underparts, forehead, face. Female has green forehead.
Image by: 1) TJ Lin 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Gaston_C altabpe00 3) Juan A. Malo de Molina 4) Ron Knight
1) Male left, female right.
Genus Psittacara
Parakeet,_Cuban also Cuban Conure Psittacara euops Found: Cuba
The Cuban Parakeet has mostly green plumage; some scattered red; whitish eye-ring; ivory colored bill.
Image by: 1) Dominic Sherony - Cuba 2) gail hampshire 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Andrew_Haffenden
Parakeet,_Finsch's also Crimson-fronted Parakeet Psittacara finschi Found: Central America
The Finsch's Parakeet has mainly green plumage; red forehead, fore-crown; white eye-ring; orange eye; ivory colored bill.
Image by: 1) Yazzieyazz 2) Christine Fournier 3) Dr. Ariel Rodríguez-Vargas 4) Pinned
Parakeet,_Green Psittacara holochlorus Found: USA (introduced), Mexico, Central America
The Green Parakeet has mostly green plumage; ivory colored bill.
Image by: 1) Michael Woodruff - Texas 2) Jorge Montejo - Mexico 3) Nick Athanas - Mexico 4) Pinned
Parakeet,_Hispaniolan also Hispaniolan Conure Psittacara chloropterus Found: island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean
The Hispaniolan Parakeet has mostly green plumage; white eye-ring.
Image by: 1) Blanchard 2, 3) Carlo De Soto Molinari 4) Pinned
Parakeet,_Mitred Psittacara mitratus Found: South America Introduced: California, Florida, Hawaii
Adults are mainly green with varying amounts of red to the face and thighs, a relatively conspicius bare white eye-ring, and a heavy, pale bone-colored bill.
Image by: 1) Tom Friedel (BirdPhotos.com) - Florida 2) D Gordon Robertson - Peru 3) E_monk 4) Vassil
Parakeet,_Red-masked also Red-masked Conure also Cherry-headed Conure Psittacara erythrogenys Found: see below
The Red-masked Parakeet has mostly green plumage; red head; shoulder; pale eye-ring; ivory colored bill. It is found in North America (introduced), Ecuador, Peru.
Image by: 1) Sandy Cole - Birds of Eden, South Africa 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) Dick
Daniels - Birds of Eden 8) Nick Athanas - Ecuador
Parakeet,_White-eyed also White-eyed Conure Psittacara leucophthalmus Found: South America
The White-eyed Parakeet has mainly green plumage; red shoulders; random red specks on head, neck; white eye-ring.
Image by: 1) Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes - Brazil
2) Dario
Sanches 3) Leoadec - São Carlos, Brazil 4) Nick Athanas - Brazil
Genus Pyrilia
These parrots are found in the neotropics of the New World. They are relatively short-tailed. The head or face contrasts strongly with the mainly green body.
Parrot,_Bald Pyrilia aurantiocephala Found: Brazil
The Bald Parrot has an orange colored bald head.
Image by: 1) GossipGuy 2, 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Arthur Grosset
Parrot, Brown-hooded Pyrilia haematotis Found: southeastern Mexico to Columbia
The Brown-hooded Parrot mainly green plumage; brown head (darker for male), neck; red ear patch; white eye-ring; ivory colored bill; green tail tipped with blue.
Image by: 1) Eduardo Rivero - Argentina 2) Zak Pohlen - Costa Rica 3) Amy McAndrews - Mexico
1) Female 2, 3) Male
Parrot,_Caica Pyrilia caica Found: northeast South America
The Caica Parrot has mainly green plumage; black/brown head; olive/brown throat, upper-breast; orange eye.
Image by: 1) Hector_Bottai - Brazil 2) Nick Athan - Venezuela
Parrot, Orange-cheeked Pyrilia barrabandi Found: Amazon Basin of South America
The Orange-cheeked Parrot has yellow mantle; lime green wings; black head with orange cheeks; white eye-ring; olive throat, breast; gray bill.
Image by: 1) Paul Bartram 2) Nick Athanas - Columbia
Parrot,_Rose-faced Pyrilia pulchra Found: Columbia, Ecuador
The Rose-face Parrot has mainly green plumage; dark gray/brown crown to nape; pale rose chin, fore-cheek; dull olive/yellow hind-neck reaching to breast where it turns greenish.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas 2) Pinned 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Peter_Wendelken
Parrot,_Saffron-headed Pyrilia pyrilia Found: Colombia, Panama, Venezuela
The Saffron-headed Parrot has a green body with yellow shoulders; yellow head; bold white eye-ring.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Alonso_Quevedo_Gil 2) Nick Athanas 3) _Ron_Knight.
Genus Pyrrhura
Parakeets of this New World genus are often called conures in aviculture. These parakeets all have white eye-rings and a long pointed tail. For other Conures see Aratinga.
Parakeet,_Black-capped also Rock Parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
The Black-capped Parakeet has black crown; green cheeks; black neck with white scalloping; dark brown breast with white scalloping; white eye-ring; black bill.
Image by: 1) pommemame 2) David_Brossard 3) Pinned
Parakeet,_Blaze-winged Pyrrhura devillei Found: Brazil, Paraguay
The Blaze-winged Parakeet has mainly green plumage; maroon patch on belly; yellow barring on neck, breast; maroon under-tail; whitish eye-ring; black bill.
Similar to: Maroon-bellied Parakeet.
Image by: 1) Claudio Timm 2) Nick Athanas - Brazil 3) PinnedSimilar to: Maroon-bellied Parakeet.
Parakeet,_Bonaparte's Pyrrhura lucianii Found: Brazil
The Bonaparte's Parakeet has green upperparts; brown head; red tail, center-belly.
Image by: 1) Francis_Casteinau 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Silvia_Faustino_Linhares
Parakeet,_Brown-breasted also Flame-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura calliptera Found: Colunbia
The Brown-breasted Parakeet has green upperparts; red or brown ear coverts; red or brown breast; white eye-ring; ivory colored bill.
Image by: 1) Ron Knight - Columbia 2) Nick Athanas - Columbia 3) Pinned
Parakeet,_Crimson-bellied Pyrrhura perlata Found: Brazil, Bolivia
The Crimson-bellied Parakeet has green and blue upperparts; black upper-tail; off-white upper-breast with brown barring; crimson belly, under-wing; blue lower-belly, under-tail; yellow-green cheeks with blue at the bottom; white eye-ring; dark bill.
Image by: 1) Nori Almeida 2) Juan Caparros 3) Roger Smith
Parakeet,_El_Oro Pyrrhura orcesi Found: Ecuador
The El Oro Parakeet has darkish green upperparts; red forehead (male only); red edges of wings; dark gray feet; white eye-ring; horn-colored bill.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Dusan_Brinkhuizen 2) Pinned 3) Pinned
Parakeet,_Fiery-shouldered also Fiery-shouldered Conure Pyrrhura egregia Found: Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
The Fiery-shouldered Parakeet has yellow edge of folded wing; white eye-ring; ivory colored bill.
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans 2, 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Margareta_Wieser, Joao_Quental 4) Pinned 
Parakeet,_Gray-breasted Pyrrhura griseipectus Found: northeast Brazil
The Gray-breasted Parakeet has mostly green plumage; brown crown; gray neck and upper-breast barred with white; white ear covert, eye-ring; gray bill.
Similar to: White-eared Parakeet. The Gray-breasted Parakeet is sometimes consider to be a subspecies of the White-eared Parakeet.
Image by: 1) writhedhornbill 2) Nick Athanas - Brazil 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ciro_Albano 4) PinnedSimilar to: White-eared Parakeet. The Gray-breasted Parakeet is sometimes consider to be a subspecies of the White-eared Parakeet.
Parakeet,_Green-cheeked also Green-cheeked Conure Pyrrhura molinae Found: South America
The Green-cheeked Parakeet has green upperparts; brown crown; green cheeks; brown breast with gray barrimg; chestnut belly; blue primary wing feathers; white eye-ring; dark bill.
Image by: 1) therouxdown 2) Tiermensch 3) Pinned
1) Yellow-sided Green-cheeked Conure
Parakeet,_Maroon-bellied also Maroon-bellied Conure Pyrrhura frontalis Found: South America
The Maroon-bellied Parakeet has mainly green plumage; maroon patch on belly; yellow barring on neck, breast; maroon under-tail; whitish eye-ring; black bill.
Similar to: Blaze-winged Parakeet.
Image by: 1) Dario Sanches 2, 3)
Claudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 4) Nick AthanasSimilar to: Blaze-winged Parakeet.
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Parakeet,_Maroon-tailed Pyrrhura melanura Found: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
The Maroon-tailed Parakeet has black cap; green cheeks; off-white breast with brown scalloping; red edge on closed wing; maroon upper-tail; blackish under-tail. Bold white eye-ring is species dependent.
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemanns 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - David_Ascanio 3) Nick Athanas 4) Pinned
Parakeet,_Ochre-marked also Blue-throated Parakeet Pyrrhura cruentata Found: Brazil
The Ochre-marked Parakeet has mainly green plumage; red patch on belly, rump; blackish head; bright blue bib; olive-green upper-tail; brownish-red under-tail; gray bill, eye-ring.
Image by: 1) TJ Lin 2) ipfreaks 3) Via Tsuji
Parakeet,_Painted Pyrrhura picta Found: Panama, northern South America
The Painted Parakeet has mainly green upperparts; dark brown head with off-white ear coverts; brown with white scalloping on neck and upper-breast; maroon-red central belly, under-tail; gray eye-ring; dark bill.
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemanns 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ciro_Albano 3) Fernando_Flores 4) Pinned
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Parakeet,_Pearly Pyrrhura lepida Found: Brazil
The Pearly Parakeet has green back, wings; brown checks; dark grayish-brown cap; off-white ear coverts; blue collar; brown breast with off-white scaling; green lower-breast, belly; white eye-ring; gray bill.
Image by: 1) Laura Carne 2) Florin_Feneru 3) Pinned
Parakeet,_Pfrimer's Pyrrhura pfrimeri Found: central Brazil
The Pfrimer's Parakeet has green upperparts; blue in the wings; red-brown rump, tail, center belly; chestnut-red face; blue crown, nape.
Image by: 1) Lander_Van_Nieuwenhuyse 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ciro_Albano 3) Pinned
Parakeet,_Red-eared also Blood-eared Parakeet Pyrrhura hoematotis Found: Venezuela
The Red-eared Parakeet has mainly green plumage; brown/red ear coverts; breast tinted with olive and dusky gray; white eye-ring.
Image by: 1) birdphotos.com 2) Barloventomagico - Venezuela 3) Diana_Padron 4) Pinned
Parakeet,_Rose-fronted Pyrrhura roseifrons Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador
The Rose-fronted Parakeet has a rose forehead; green upperparts; gray scaled neck, upper-breast; dark gray eye-ring.
Image by: 1) birdphotos.com 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Kristian_Svensson 3) Pinned
Parakeet,_Rose-headed also Red-crowned Parakeet Pyrrhura rhodocephala Found: Venezuela
The Rose-headed Parakeet has mainly green plumage; rose crown; maroon ear coverts; white edge to folded wing; reddish-chestnut tail; white eye-ring; ivory colored bill.
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemanns 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ivan_Lau 3) Pinned
Parakeet,_Santa Marta Pyrrhura viridicata Found: Columbia
The Santa Marta Parakeet has mainly green plumage; purple/brown ear coverts; orange/red belly; white eye-ring.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Columbia 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ovenbird1 3) Bryant_Olsen 4) Pinned
Parakeet,_Santarem also Hellmayr's Parakeet Pyrrhura amazonum Found: Bolivia (rare), Brazil
The Santarem Parakeet has mainly green plumage; dark brown head; light upper-breast with streaks; dark red belly; black bill.
Image by: 1) Jorge Montejo - Brazil 2) Amy McAndrews - Brazil 3, 4) Nick Athanas - Brazil3) Pyrrhura amazonum snethlageae 4) Pyrrhura amazonum amazonum
Parakeet,_Sulphur-winged also Hoffmann's Parakeet Pyrrhura hoffmanni Found: Costa Rica, Panama
The Sulphur-winged Parakeet has green upperparts; yellowish-green underparts; dull-red under-tail; green upper-tail tipped with dull-red; yellow on the under-wing; white eye-ring; ivory colored bill.
Image by: 1) Pinned 2) Dominic Sherony - Costa Rica 3) Francesco Veronesi - Panama 4) Pinned
Parakeet,_White-eared also Maroon-faced Parakeet Pyrrhura leucotis Found: eastern Brazil
The White-eared Parakeet has green upperparts; brown crown; green upper-breast and throat barred with white; dark maroon face; maroon center of belly, rump; white ear covert, eye-ring; brown or gray bill.
Similar to: Gray-breasted Parakeet. The Gray-breasted Parakeet is sometimes consider to be a subspecies of the White-eared Parakeet.
Image by: 1) Brendan Ryan 2) ccbysa30 3) Nick Athanas - Brazil 4) PinnedSimilar to: Gray-breasted Parakeet. The Gray-breasted Parakeet is sometimes consider to be a subspecies of the White-eared Parakeet.
Parakeet,_White-necked Pyrrhura albipectus Found: Ecuador and adjacent Peru
The White-necked Parakeet has green upperparts; dusky crown; thin red frontal band; yellow and green scaled cheeks; orange ear-coverts; full white collar; green underparts.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2) Gary_Clark - Ecuador 3) Pinned
Genus Rhynchopsitta
Parakeet,_Maroon-fronted Rhynchopsitta terrisi Found: northeast Mexico
The Maroon-fronted Parakeet has mainly green plumage; paler green on face; maroon forehead; dark red thighs; black bill; oragne eye.
Image by: 1) TJ Lin 2) Florin_Feneru 3) Pinned
Parrot, Thick-billed Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha Found: United States (introduced), Mexico
The Thick-billed Parrot is mostly green with a large black bill and a red forrehead.
Image by: 1) Tom Lenz 2) Trisha Shears - the Cincinnati Zoo 3) Lynette Schimming 4) Kurt_Andreas
Genus Thectocercus - 1 species
Parakeet,_Blue-crowned also Blue-crowned Conure Thectocercus acuticaudatus Found: North America (introduced), South America
The Blue-crowned Parakeet has variable amounts of blue on the head (subspecies dependent); white or orange eye-ring; ivory colored upper mandible; black lower mandible.
Similar to: Dusky-headed Parakeet. Blue-crowned Parakeet usually has some blue on its head; Dusky-headed Parakeet has gray-brown head. Blue-crowned Parakeet has bicolored bill; Dusky-headed Parakeet has black bill.
Image by: 1) The Gut 2) Bram Cymet 3) Ardeola - Bolivia 4) Mark KortumSimilar to: Dusky-headed Parakeet. Blue-crowned Parakeet usually has some blue on its head; Dusky-headed Parakeet has gray-brown head. Blue-crowned Parakeet has bicolored bill; Dusky-headed Parakeet has black bill.
Genus Touit
Parrotlet,_Blue-fronted Touit dilectissimus Found: Panama to northern South America
The Blue-fronted Parrotlet has mostly green plumage; yellow under-wing coverts; red forehead.
Image by: 1) Joseph Smit 2) Nick Athanas
Parrotlet, Brown-backed Touit melanonotus Found: Brazil
The Brown-backed Parrotlet has dark brown mantle, back; brown ear coverts; red outer tail with black tip; green rump, upper-tail coverts; blue-gray flanks
Image by: 1, 2, 3)
Dario Sanches - Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
Parrotlet,_Golden-tailed Touit surdus Found: eastern Brazil
The Golden-tailed Parrotlet has mainly green plumage; yellowish cheeks; scaled appearance to crown, nape; short-square tail is golden yellow tipped black.
Image by: 1) William_Swainson 2) Arthur_Grosset 3) Pinned
Parrotlet_ Lilac-tailed Touit batavicus Found: northern South America
The Lilac-tailed Parrotlet has black upperparts; bold yellow on folded wing; green forehead tinted blue; yellow-green head, underparts.
Image by: 1) Feroze Omardeen 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Jerome_Foster 3) Martin_Ojeda
Parrotlet, Red-fronted Touit costaricensis Found: Costa Rica, Panama
The male Red-fronted Parrotlet has green upperparts; red crown; yellow and black wing (yellow not visible when folded); yellow tail with black tip; gray eye-ring; olive bill with gray at base of upper mandible. Male has red on forewing.
Image by: 1) Bruce Kappel - Costa Rica 
Parrotlet,_Sapphire-rumped Touit purpuratus Found: northern South America
The Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet has mainly yellowish-green plumage; brown crown; blue wing-bend, rump; scarlet outer tail feathers.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Andrew_Whittaker 2) Pinned
Parrotlet,_Scarlet-shouldered Touit huetii Found: South America
The male Spot-winged Parrotlet has mainly green-yellow plumage; dusky wing coverts with small white spots; small orange patch on leading edge of closed wing; yellowish bill. Female has green wings; black bill.
Image by:
1) Vince_Smith - Ecuador 2) Nick Athanas 3) Pinned
Parrotlet,_Spot-winged Touit stictopterus Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
The male Spot-winged Parrotlet has mainly green-yellow plumage; dusky wing coverts with small white spots; small orange patch on leading edge of closed wing; yellowish bill. Female has green wings; black bill.
Image by: 1, 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Luis_Uruena 3) Joseph Wolf 
1) Female 2, 3) Male
Genus Triclaria - 1 species
Parrot,_Blue-bellied Triclaria malachitacea Found: Brazil
The Blue-bellied Parrot has mainly olive-green plumage; white bill. Only the male has a blue belly.
Image by: 1) TJ Lin 2) Claudio Timm 3) Carlos_Henrique
1) Pair 2) Female 3) Male
