Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes) | Photos and ID

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Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The Socorro parakeet is 31 to 33 cm (12 to 13 in) long. The sexes are alike. It is essentially all green with a somewhat olive tinge to the underside of the flight feathers and tail. Its iris is orange-red surrounded by bare purplish brown skin, its bill horn colored, and its legs brownish. Voice: As of early 2023, xeno-canto had only three recordings of Socorro parakeet vocalizations; the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library had many. Neither described the vocalizations in words.

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When to see the Socorro Parakeet

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Where to see the Socorro Parakeet

Regular range

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Mexico

About the Socorro Parakeet

The Socorro parakeet, known in aviculture as the Socorro green conure or Socorro conure, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is endemic to Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico.

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Easily confused with

Scarlet-fronted ParakeetPsittacara wagleriThe scarlet-fronted parakeet is 34 to 40 cm (13 to 16 in) long and weighs 162 to 217 g (5.7 to 7.7 oz).

Cordilleran ParakeetPsittacara frontatusThe cordilleran parakeet is 34 to 40 cm (13 to 16 in) long and weighs 162 to 217 g (5.7 to 7.7 oz).

Green ParakeetPsittacara holochlorusThe green parakeet is 28 to 30.5 cm (11 to 12 in) long and weighs about 230 g (8.1 oz).

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