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Orange-chinned Parakeet vs Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)

Orange-chinned Parakeet

Brotogeris jugularis

Medium63 gWoodland

The orange-chinned parakeet is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs between 53 and 65 g (1.9 and 2.3 oz). Adults of the nominate subspecies have a bright green head with a bluish wash on the crown, a white eye ring, an orange chin, and a pale bill. The chin patch is often hard to see. Their upperparts and tail are bluish green with brown wing coverts that show as "shoulders" when perched. Their underparts are mostly bright green with bluish vent and thighs. Their underwing coverts are yellow. Immature birds are similar to adults. Subspecies B. j. Voice: The orange-chinned parakeet's common calls are "a high-pitched "klee", shrill "chree" or bisyllabic "chree-chree"" that are given when perched or in flight. It also makes "a fast chattering series "cra-cra-cra-cra-cra"." It makes "a near constant, shrill, harsh chatter."

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recording: Rosa Elena Albornoz · CC0
Photo: Louis Imbeau · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet (Brotogeris chiriri)

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

Brotogeris chiriri

Medium62 gForest

The bird is 20–25 cm in length, and is mostly light green in color. It has a trailing yellow edge on its folded wings, which is also seen when the bird is in flight. It was considered conspecific with the white-winged parakeet until 1997. Wild birds primarily use disturbed forests and forest clearings around settlements. They rarely use deep tropical forests.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recording: steve · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: (c) Paulo Barradas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

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