White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

ForestCavity nestMedium · 158 g

White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus), photo 3 — Photo: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/typophyllum · CC BY 4.0

White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Gonzalo Romero, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Luciano Massa, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Davidson Moreira, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the White-eyed Parakeet sounds like

Sonogram of the White-eyed Parakeet: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Flight call · Zamora-Chinchipe: 5 km N Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, flight call · Zamora-Chinchipe: E Chito Juntas, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, flight call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Río Mayo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The white-eyed parakeet is 32 to 35 cm (13 to 14 in) long with a 37 to 40 cm (15 to 16 in) wingspan. It weighs 100 to 218 g (3.5 to 7.7 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults of all subspecies are mostly green that is paler on their underparts. They have red flecks on their head and neck. The bend and edge of their wing and their outermost lesser underwing coverts are also red. Their outermost greater underwing coverts are yellow. The undersides of their flight feathers and tail are olive. Their eye is orange surrounded by bare white to yellowish white skin and their bill is horn colored. Voice: The white-eyed parakeet is very vocal, especially in flight with "a grating chattering interspersed with higher-pitched shrieks" described as "r'teet-r'teet-tiw-". It also makes "harp squeaky notes and loud harsh calls" described as "scree-ah".

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When to see the White-eyed Parakeet

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-eyed Parakeet

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 14 countries with regular records, and 1 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.

Brazil Argentina Peru Ecuador Colombia Bolivia Venezuela Paraguay Uruguay Suriname French Guiana Curaçao Guyana Trinidad & Tobago

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.

About the White-eyed Parakeet

The white-eyed parakeet, known in aviculture as white-eyed conure, is a species of bird in the subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile and also on Trinidad.

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Easily confused with

Finsch's ParakeetPsittacara finschiFinsch's parakeet is about 28 cm (11 in) long and weighs 135 to 175 g (4.8 to 6.2 oz).

Red-masked ParakeetPsittacara erythrogenysRed-masked parakeets average about 33 centimetres (13 in) long, of which half is the tail.

Mitred ParakeetPsittacara mitratusThe mitred parakeet is 31 to 38 cm (12 to 15 in) long and weighs 219 to 275 g (7.7 to 9.7 oz).

Side by side: Finsch's Parakeet vs White-eyed Parakeet · Red-masked Parakeet vs White-eyed Parakeet · Mitred Parakeet vs White-eyed Parakeet

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