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The mitred parakeet is 31 to 38 cm (12 to 15 in) long and weighs 219 to 275 g (7.7 to 9.7 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults of all subspecies are mostly green with a purplish forehead and a variable amount and pattern of red on the face. All subspecies have a red forecrown and red in front of their eye. The red usually extends past the eye and down the cheeks, and is often just flecks on the ear coverts. Subspecies P. m. chlorogenys has less red around and below the eye than the others, often a blue tinge on the crown, and some red on the thighs. Voice: The mitred parakeet is very vocal, especially in flight with "a continuous loud screeching chatter". It also makes nasal "queaky notes and screeches".
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When to see the Mitred 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 Mitred Parakeet
The map shades 7 countries with regular records, and 4 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.
Recorded as a rare visitor in France, Chile, Puerto Rico, Portugal.
About the Mitred Parakeet
The mitred parakeet, also known as the mitred conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru. It has been introduced to Uruguay and is established there. There are also substantial populations in the US states of California and Florida and smaller numbers in Hawaii.
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Easily confused with
Red-masked ParakeetPsittacara erythrogenysRed-masked parakeets average about 33 centimetres (13 in) long, of which half is the tail.
Pacific ParakeetPsittacara strenuusThe Pacific parakeet is about 32 cm (13 in) long.
Hispaniolan ParakeetPsittacara chloropterusThe Hispaniolan parakeet is 30 to 33 cm (12 to 13 in) long and weighs 144 to 147 g (5.1 to 5.2 oz).
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