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The grey-cheeked parakeet is 19 to 20.5 cm (7.5 to 8.1 in) long and weighs between 60 and 68 g (2.1 and 2.4 oz). Adults are mostly green that is paler and yellower on the underparts. They have a pale blue crown, pale ashy gray cheeks and sides of the neck, and a whitish eye ring and bill. Their primary coverts are deep blue and their underwing coverts orange to orange-red. Immature birds have green instead of blue crowns. Voice: The grey-cheeked parakeet is "oisy, giving a variety of rather shrill, chattering calls." Some have been described as "chree", "chree-chree" and "cra-cra-cra-cra-cra". Members of a flock often call simultaneously.
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When to see the Grey-cheeked Parakeet
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Grey-cheeked Parakeet
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Grey-cheeked Parakeet
The grey-cheeked parakeet, less commonly known as fire-winged parakeet, is a vulnerable species of bird. It is in the subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots, and is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Tui ParakeetBrotogeris sanctithomaeThe tui parakeet is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs an average of 59 g (2.1 oz).
Golden-winged ParakeetBrotogeris chrysopteraThe golden-winged parakeet is about 16 cm (6.3 in) long and weighs 47 to 80 g (1.7 to 2.8 oz).
White-winged ParakeetBrotogeris versicolurusThe white-winged parakeet typically is 22 cm in length, and is mostly green in color.
Side by side: Golden-winged Parakeet vs Grey-cheeked Parakeet · Grey-cheeked Parakeet vs Tui Parakeet · Grey-cheeked Parakeet vs White-winged Parakeet · Grey-cheeked Parakeet vs Yellow-faced Parrot
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