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Hispaniolan Parakeet vs Red-masked Parakeet

Hispaniolan Parakeet (Psittacara chloropterus)

Hispaniolan Parakeet

Psittacara chloropterus

Medium146 gForest

The Hispaniolan parakeet is 30 to 33 cm (12 to 13 in) long and weighs 144 to 147 g (5.1 to 5.2 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults are mostly green that is more yellowish on their underparts. Some have a few red flecks on their head. The bend and edge of their wing and their outermost underwing coverts are red. The undersides of their flight feathers and tail are dull yellowish. Their eye is surrounded by bare white skin. Immature birds have little or no red on the wing. Voice: The Hispaniolan parakeet makes a "kree" call "with a grating noisy sound quality" both in flight and when perched.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Sonogram of the Hispaniolan Parakeet
Recorded by steve · Call · La Ciénaga (near Las Auyamas), Polo, Barahona, Dominican Republic · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Aitor · CC BY 4.0
Red-masked Parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys)

Red-masked Parakeet

Psittacara erythrogenys

Medium151 gWoodland

Red-masked parakeets average about 33 centimetres (13 in) long, of which half is the tail. They are bright green with a mostly red head on which the elongated pale eye-ring is conspicuous; the nape is green. Also, the lesser and median underwing coverts are red, and there is some red on the neck, the thighs, and the leading edge of the wings. Juveniles have green plumage, until their first red feathers appear at around the age of four months. Its call is two-syllabled, harsh and loud.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: melianie_and_max · CC BY 4.0

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