Mitred Parakeet vs Pacific Parakeet

Mitred Parakeet

Psittacara mitratus

Medium249 gForest

The mitred parakeet is 31 to 38 cm (12 to 15 in) long and weighs 219 to 275 g (7.7 to 9.7 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults of all subspecies are mostly green with a purplish forehead and a variable amount and pattern of red on the face. All subspecies have a red forecrown and red in front of their eye. The red usually extends past the eye and down the cheeks, and is often just flecks on the ear coverts. Subspecies P. m. chlorogenys has less red around and below the eye than the others, often a blue tinge on the crown, and some red on the thighs. Voice: The mitred parakeet is very vocal, especially in flight with "a continuous loud screeching chatter". It also makes nasal "queaky notes and screeches".

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Pacific Parakeet

Psittacara strenuus

138 gForest

The Pacific parakeet is about 32 cm (13 in) long. The sexes are alike. Adults are generally olive green which is slightly yellowish on the underparts; some have red speckles on their neck. The undersides of their flight feathers and tail are olive-yellow. Their iris is orange-red surrounded by bare pale beige skin, their bill horn colored, and their legs and feet are brownish. Voice: The Pacific parakeet's flight call is rendered as "kreh!-kreh!-kreh!-kreh!...". Its perched call is lower-pitched, "a scratchy kreeh-kreeh-kreeh-kreei-kreei".

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