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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-cheeked parrot is more commonly known as the green-checked parakeet or the green-checked conure. However, it does belong to the Psittacidae, or parrot , family.
White-winged parakeet: Brotogeris versicolurus: southeast Colombia to the river's mouth in Brazil. Yellow-chevroned parakeet, canary-winged parakeet: Brotogeris chiriri: central Brazil to southern Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina. Grey-cheeked parakeet: Brotogeris pyrrhoptera: northwestern Peru and western Ecuador Orange-chinned ...
Maroon-tailed parakeet (in front), and black-capped parakeet (behind); illustration by Keulemans, 1891. Pyrrhura (Greek Red/Fire Tail) is a genus of parrots in the Arini tribe. . They occur in tropical and subtropical South America and southern Central America (Panama and Costa Ric
Green-cheeked parakeet: P. molinae (Massena and de Souancé, 1854) LC: Painted parakeet: P. picta (Müller, 1776) LC: Northeast South America, north of the Amazon river and east of the Venezuela/Colombia border Sinú parakeet: P. subandina (Todd, 1917) CR: Sinú Valley in northern Colombia near (but not bordering) the Gulf of Darién: Azuero ...
The green parakeet is non-migratory but makes local movements in response to food availability. [11] Its diet has not been fully documented but is known to include seed and fruits. It can be a crop pest. [11] The breeding season has not been defined but appears to include at least January to April. It nests in tree cavities, caves, and cliff faces.
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The grey-cheeked parakeet is 19 to 20.5 cm (7.5 to 8.1 in) long and weighs between 60 and 68 g (2.1 and 2.4 oz). Adults are mostly green that is paler and yellower on the underparts. They have a pale blue crown, pale ashy gray cheeks and sides of the neck, and a whitish eye ring and bill.