Hispaniolan Parakeet (Psittacara chloropterus) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Hispaniolan Parakeet (Psittacara chloropterus), photo 6 — Photo: (c) SkippingShoe, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Hispaniolan Parakeet (Psittacara chloropterus), photo 7 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Hispaniolan Parakeet (Psittacara chloropterus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Aitor, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Hispaniolan Parakeet (Psittacara chloropterus), photo 9 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Hispaniolan Parakeet (Psittacara chloropterus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Aitor, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Hispaniolan Parakeet sounds like

Sonogram of the Hispaniolan Parakeet: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by steve · Call · La Ciénaga (near Las Auyamas), Polo, Barahona, Dominican Republic · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The Hispaniolan parakeet is 30 to 33 cm (12 to 13 in) long and weighs 144 to 147 g (5.1 to 5.2 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults are mostly green that is more yellowish on their underparts. Some have a few red flecks on their head. The bend and edge of their wing and their outermost underwing coverts are red. The undersides of their flight feathers and tail are dull yellowish. Their eye is surrounded by bare white skin. Immature birds have little or no red on the wing. Voice: The Hispaniolan parakeet makes a "kree" call "with a grating noisy sound quality" both in flight and when perched.

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When to see the Hispaniolan Parakeet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Hispaniolan Parakeet

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Dominican Republic Haiti Guadeloupe

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.

About the Hispaniolan Parakeet

The Hispaniolan parakeet is a Vulnerable species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola which is shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. In the former country it is called "perico" and in the latter "perruche".

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Easily confused with

Cuban ParakeetPsittacara euopsThe Cuban parakeet is 22 to 29 cm (8.7 to 11 in) long and weighs 78 to 96 g (2.8 to 3.4 oz).

Scarlet-fronted ParakeetPsittacara wagleriThe scarlet-fronted parakeet is 34 to 40 cm (13 to 16 in) long and weighs 162 to 217 g (5.7 to 7.7 oz).

Cordilleran ParakeetPsittacara frontatusThe cordilleran parakeet is 34 to 40 cm (13 to 16 in) long and weighs 162 to 217 g (5.7 to 7.7 oz).

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