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ForestCavity nestMedium · 62 g
What the Yellow-chevroned Parakeet sounds like
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The bird is 20–25 cm in length, and is mostly light green in color. It has a trailing yellow edge on its folded wings, which is also seen when the bird is in flight. It was considered conspecific with the white-winged parakeet until 1997. Wild birds primarily use disturbed forests and forest clearings around settlements. They rarely use deep tropical forests.
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When to see the Yellow-chevroned 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 Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 2 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.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Puerto Rico, Bahamas.
About the Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
The yellow-chevroned parakeet is native to tropical South America south of the Amazon River basin from central Brazil to southern Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina. Caged birds have been released in some areas, and the birds have established self-sustaining populations in Miami, Florida, and Los Angeles. A small population in San Francisco, California that mostly centered around Mission Dolores Park disappeared in the early 2000s. This bird seems to be doing better in its North American feral population than the closely related white-winged parakeet.
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Easily confused with
Plain ParakeetBrotogeris tiricaThe plain parakeet is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long and weighs about 63 g (2.2 oz).
Cobalt-winged ParakeetBrotogeris cyanopteraThe cobalt-winged parakeet is 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) long and weighs an average of 67 g (2.4 oz).
White-winged ParakeetBrotogeris versicolurusThe white-winged parakeet typically is 22 cm in length, and is mostly green in color.
Side by side: Orange-chinned Parakeet vs Yellow-chevroned Parakeet · Plain Parakeet vs Yellow-chevroned Parakeet · Cobalt-winged Parakeet vs Yellow-chevroned Parakeet · White-winged Parakeet vs Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
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