Orange-chinned Parakeet

Brotogeris jugularis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernOmnivoreWoodlandCavity nestMedium · 63 g

What the Orange-chinned Parakeet sounds like

Sonogram of the Orange-chinned Parakeet: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz · Call, song, subsong · Codazzi Park (near Turmero), Santiago Mariño, Aragua, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Orange-chinned Parakeet: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz · Song · Codazzi Park (near Turmero), Santiago Mariño, Aragua, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The orange-chinned parakeet is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs between 53 and 65 g (1.9 and 2.3 oz). Adults of the nominate subspecies have a bright green head with a bluish wash on the crown, a white eye ring, an orange chin, and a pale bill. The chin patch is often hard to see. Their upperparts and tail are bluish green with brown wing coverts that show as "shoulders" when perched. Their underparts are mostly bright green with bluish vent and thighs. Their underwing coverts are yellow. Immature birds are similar to adults. Subspecies B. j. Voice: The orange-chinned parakeet's common calls are "a high-pitched "klee", shrill "chree" or bisyllabic "chree-chree"" that are given when perched or in flight. It also makes "a fast chattering series "cra-cra-cra-cra-cra"." It makes "a near constant, shrill, harsh chatter."

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When to see the Orange-chinned Parakeet

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Orange-chinned Parakeet

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Orange-chinned Parakeet

The orange-chinned parakeet, also known as the Tovi parakeet, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found from southern Mexico through Central America into Colombia and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

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