Ouvea Parakeet (Eunymphicus uvaeensis) | Photos and ID

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Ouvea Parakeet (Eunymphicus uvaeensis), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Patrick Lam, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ouvea Parakeet (Eunymphicus uvaeensis), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ouvea Parakeet (Eunymphicus uvaeensis), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The Ouvea parakeet is a medium-sized parakeet with mostly green plumage and a prominent green crest. The crest is composed of six backward feathers that curl forwards. The underside of the bird tends to be yellower and there is bright blue on the wings and tail. The face is dark and the beak is black, lacking the yellow on the face of the horned parakeet.

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When to see the Ouvea Parakeet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Ouvea Parakeet

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 2 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.

New Caledonia

Recorded as a rare visitor in Denmark, Spain.

About the Ouvea Parakeet

The Ouvea parakeet or Uvea parakeet, is a species of parrot in the genus Eunymphicus, in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to the island of Uvea, including Faiava Island in the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. The species was once considered conspecific with the horned parakeet of Grande Terre, but they have now been split into two species.

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Easily confused with

Horned ParakeetEunymphicus cornutusAdult birds usually measure approximately 32 cm (or about 14 inches) in length, including the tail.

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