Perija Parakeet

When to see the Perija Parakeet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 1 month with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

About the Perija Parakeet

The Perija parakeet, also known as Todd's parakeet or in aviculture as Perijá conure, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. There are about 1,000 to 2,499 mature individuals remaining in the wild as of 2021 with a decreasing population trend. In 2001, the Perija parakeet was reclassified from a subspecies of the painted parakeet to an individual species. There are two subspecies of the Perija parakeet, P. c. caeruliceps and P. c. pantchenko. P. c. caeruliceps lives in Serranía del Perijá mountains on the northern border between Colombia and Venezuela. P. c. pantchenko lives in the Perijá Mountains.

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Easily confused with

Rose-fronted ParakeetPyrrhura roseifronsThe rose-fronted parakeet is 20 to 23 cm (7.9 to 9.1 in) long. Venezuelan ParakeetPyrrhura emmaThe Venezuelan parakeet is 22 to 23 cm (8.7 to 9.1 in) long. Subandean ParakeetPyrrhura subandinaThe Subandean parakeet, also known as the Sinú parakeet, is a bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots.