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Crimson-bellied Parakeet

Pyrrhura perlata

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestCavity nestMedium · 75 g
Crimson-bellied Parakeet (Pyrrhura perlata), photo 1
Photo: Pyrrhura_perlata_-captive-8a.jpg: Nori Almeida derivative work: Snowmanradio (talk) · CC BY 2.0
Crimson-bellied Parakeet (Pyrrhura perlata), photo 2
Photo: Nori Almeida · CC BY 2.0
Crimson-bellied Parakeet (Pyrrhura perlata), photo 3
Photo: Pyrrhura_perlata_-captive-8a.jpg: Nori Almeida derivative work: Snowmanradio (talk) · CC BY 2.0
Crimson-bellied Parakeet (Pyrrhura perlata), photo 4
Photo: (c) Dan Vickers, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Crimson-bellied Parakeet (Pyrrhura perlata), photo 5
Photo: (c) Dan Riley, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Crimson-bellied Parakeet (Pyrrhura perlata), photo 6
Photo: (c) Laura Gaudette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The crimson-bellied parakeet is 24 to 25 cm (9.4 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 76 to 91 g (2.7 to 3.2 oz). The sexes are the same. Adults have a dark grayish brown head flecked with pale grayish buff, dark brownish gray ear coverts, a goldish green upper cheeks, and turquoise-blue lower cheeks. Their nape has a narrow blue band. Their upperparts are green with a bluish tinge. Their throat, upper breast, and the sides of their neck are gray to blue with a scaly appearance, and sometimes with pinkish tips to the feathers. Voice: The crimson-bellied parakeet's call is a "high, rapid "wrr'wur-wir-wir-wir"." It also makes "a strange, slightly toy-trumpet-like "peeéh"."

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When to see the Crimson-bellied Parakeet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Crimson-bellied Parakeet

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Bolivia

About the Crimson-bellied Parakeet

The crimson-bellied parakeet, known as the crimson-bellied conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Bolivia and Brazil.

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Easily confused with

Ochre-marked Parakeet (Pyrrhura cruentata) Ochre-marked ParakeetPyrrhura cruentataThis colourful parakeet is a predominantly green bird with conspicuous red patches on its belly, rump, and shoulder and before, below and behind the eye. Blood-eared Parakeet (Pyrrhura hoematotis) Blood-eared ParakeetPyrrhura hoematotisThe blood-eared parakeet is about 25 cm (9.8 in) long and weighs 64 to 74 g (2.3 to 2.6 oz). White-eared Parakeet (Pyrrhura leucotis) White-eared ParakeetPyrrhura leucotisThe white-eared parakeet is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long.

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