Subandean Parakeet (Pyrrhura subandina) | Photos and ID

NENot EvaluatedEndemicFruit

ForestCavity nestMedium · 62 g

Subandean Parakeet (Pyrrhura subandina), photo 1 — Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0

Subandean Parakeet (Pyrrhura subandina), photo 2 — Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0

Subandean Parakeet (Pyrrhura subandina), photo 3 — Photo: keesgroenendijk · CC BY 4.0

Subandean Parakeet (Pyrrhura subandina), photo 8 — Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0

Subandean Parakeet (Pyrrhura subandina), photo 9 — Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0

Subandean Parakeet (Pyrrhura subandina), photo 10 — Photo: (c) keesgroenendijk, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Subandean Parakeet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 2 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

About the Subandean Parakeet

The Subandean parakeet, also known as the Sinú parakeet, is a bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World recognizes it as a full species. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC), the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society, and the Clements taxonomy treat it as a subspecies of the painted parakeet.

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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.

Bonaparte's ParakeetPyrrhura lucianiiTotal length c. 22 centimetres (8.7 in).

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