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Golden Parakeet

Guaruba guarouba

Vulnerable · IUCN Red List

VUVulnerableEndemicFruitForestCavity nestMedium · 194 g
Golden Parakeet (Guaruba guarouba), photo 1
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Golden Parakeet (Guaruba guarouba), photo 2
Photo: Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA · CC BY 2.0
Golden Parakeet (Guaruba guarouba), photo 3
Photo: Dottie Day · CC BY 2.0
Golden Parakeet (Guaruba guarouba), photo 4
Photo: Dottie Day · CC BY 2.0
Golden Parakeet (Guaruba guarouba), photo 5
Photo: Fauna-Supes-Ibama-SP · Public domain
Golden Parakeet (Guaruba guarouba), photo 6
Photo: Ardo191 at English Wikipedia · Public domain
Golden Parakeet (Guaruba guarouba), photo 7
Photo: Daniel Schenkel · CC BY 2.0
Golden Parakeet (Guaruba guarouba), photo 8
Photo: Anagoria · CC BY 3.0
Golden Parakeet (Guaruba guarouba), photo 9
Photo: http://www.birdphotos.com · CC BY 3.0
Golden Parakeet (Guaruba guarouba), photo 10
Photo: frank wouters · CC BY 2.0

ID tip

The golden parakeet is 34–36 cm (13–14 in) long and mainly yellow with green in the outer wings and with an all-yellow tail. It has a large horn-colored (gray) beak, pale-pink bare eye rings, brown irises, and pink legs. Males and females have identical external appearance. Juveniles are duller and have less yellow and more green plumage than the adults. The juvenile's head and neck are mostly green, the back is green and yellow, the upper side of tail is mostly green, the breast is greenish, the eye rings are pale-gray, and the legs are brown.

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When to see the Golden Parakeet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Golden Parakeet

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil

About the Golden Parakeet

The golden parakeet, golden conure, or Queen of Bavaria conure is a medium-sized golden-yellow Neotropical parrot native to the Amazon Basin of interior northern Brazil. It is the only species placed in the genus Guaruba.

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Easily confused with

Timneh Parrot (Psittacus timneh) Timneh ParrotPsittacus timnehGrowing to 28–33 centimetres (11–13 in) in length and weighing 275–375 grams (9.7–13.2 oz), the Timneh is a medium-sized parrot. Pearly Parakeet (Pyrrhura lepida) Pearly ParakeetPyrrhura lepidaThe pearly parakeet is 24 to 25 cm (9.4 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 70 to 80 g (2.5 to 2.8 oz). Bald ParrotPyrilia aurantiocephalaThe bald parrot is a medium-small, overall green parrot with a bald, brownish-orange head.

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