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The parrots are 25 cm (9.8 in) in size and weigh 165–190 g (5.8–6.7 oz). Adults have an olive throat and breast. The thighs are yellow, with the bend of the wing and lesser wing coverts ranging from yellow to orange, and the carpal edge and underwing coverts being orange to red. The tips of the tail and the wing feathers are blue. P.b. aurantiigena has deep orange cheeks, bend of wing, underwing and lesser wing coverts, and thighs, lacking the yellow possessed by barrabandi. They have a black head and orange to yellow cheeks, with a distinctive white eye-ring around a brown eye. Voice: Distinctive calls that are reedy and slurred in flight. They have guttural alarm calls.
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When to see the Orange-cheeked Parrot
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Orange-cheeked Parrot
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Orange-cheeked Parrot
The orange-cheeked parrot, also known as Barraband's parrot, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Pionopsitta, which is now monotypic.
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Easily confused with
Rose-faced ParrotPyrilia pulchraThe rose-faced parrot is 21.5 to 23 cm (8.5 to 9.1 in) long.
Saffron-headed ParrotPyrilia pyriliaThe saffron-headed parrot is 22 to 24 cm (8.7 to 9.4 in) long.
Caica ParrotPyrilia caicaThe caica parrot is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 121 to 143 g (4.3 to 5.0 oz).
Side by side: Brown-hooded Parrot vs Orange-cheeked Parrot · Orange-cheeked Parrot vs Rose-faced Parrot
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