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The Santa Marta parakeet is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long. The sexes are the same. Adults have a mostly green head with a red forehead and brownish ear coverts. Their upperparts are green. Their breast and upper belly have a scarlet "belt" and the rest of their underparts are green. Their wing is mostly green with yellow to orange upperwing and underwing coverts; their primaries are blue. Their tail is dull reddish. Immature birds are similar to adults but without the red belt on their underside. Voice: The Santa Marta parakeet "uses screeching calls during flight".
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When to see the Santa Marta Parakeet
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Santa Marta Parakeet
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About the Santa Marta Parakeet
The Santa Marta parakeet is an Endangered species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is endemic to Colombia.
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Easily confused with
Black-capped ParakeetPyrrhura rupicolaThe black-capped parakeet, also known as the black-capped conure or rock conure in aviculture, is a parrot native to the south-western Amazon Basin and adjacent east Andean slopes in Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
Blood-eared ParakeetPyrrhura hoematotisThe blood-eared parakeet is about 25 cm (9.8 in) long and weighs 64 to 74 g (2.3 to 2.6 oz).
White-eared ParakeetPyrrhura leucotisThe white-eared parakeet is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long.
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