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The green-cheeked parakeet is 25 to 26 cm (9.8 to 10 in) long and weighs 62 to 81 g (2.2 to 2.9 oz). The sexes are the same sizes. Adults of the nominate subspecies P. m. molinae are dull brown from forehead to nape and have green cheeks, ashy brown ear coverts, and a creamy white ring of bare skin around the eye.
The green parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus), green conure, or Mexican green conure [4] is a New World parrot. As defined by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), it is native to Mexico and southern Texas in the Rio Grande Valley.
The golden conure or Queen of Bavaria conure, Guaruba guarouba (recently reclassified from Aratinga guarouba) is, as the name implies, covered all over with bright yellow feathers, except for the green wing-tip feathers and the greyish horn-colored beak. Golden conures are among the most expensive conures both to purchase and to care for ...
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture Ochre-marked parakeet: P. cruentata (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) g VU: Scattered populations around the southeastern coast of Brazil (north of São Paulo) Maroon-bellied parakeet: P. frontalis (Vieillot, 1818) LC: Southwest Brazil, northern Uruguay, and southern Paraguay Blaze-winged parakeet
Green-cheeked parakeet, Pyrrhura molinae. Painted parakeet, Pyrrhura picta. Sinú parakeet, Pyrrhura subandina – possibly extinct. Todd's (Perijá) parakeet, Pyrrhura (picta) caeruleiceps. Azuero parakeet, Pyrrhura (picta) eisenmanni. Venezuelan parakeet, Pyrrhura emma – formerly considered a subspecies of P. leucotis.
The black capped parakeet may breed with the green cheeked parakeet in the wild. [3] "Black-capped parakeet" has been designated the official name by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC). [5] It is also known in the pet trade as black-capped conure or rock conure.
The genus Brotogeris was introduced in 1825 by Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors with the grey-cheeked parakeet as the type species. [2] [3] The name is from the Ancient Greek brotogērus meaning "with human voice". [4] The genus contains eight species: [5]
The blue-crowned parakeet, blue-crowned conure, or sharp-tailed conure (Thectocercus acuticaudatus) is a small green Neotropical parrot with a blue head and pale beak native to large parts of South America, from eastern Colombia to Curacao in the southern caribbean, and to the northern region of Argentina.