Parrots (Psittacidae)
Canary-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus) - HBW 4, p. 451
French: Toui à ailes variées
German: Weißflügelsittich
Spanish: Catita Versicolor
Taxonomy: Psittacus versicolurus P. L. S. Müller, 1776, Cayenne.
Often treated as conspecific with B. chiriri, but the two are reported to be sympatric without interbreeding in E Pará. Monotypic.
Distribution: Amazon basin from SE Colombia and NE Peru through Brazil to coastal Pará, and N into French Guiana. Feral populations in Lima, Peru, and on Puerto Rico and mainland USA.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Several adults calling on a tree. Locality Charca Valdez, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
J. Gonzalez y F. Collazo 25 September 2007 2 years ago 12 sec 2.3
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A feral bird of its small Lima's population. It breed in holes of palm trees like this one.
Locality Lima Department, Peru
Juan A Malo de Molina 8 November 2008 2 years ago 4.4 -
A pair resting on the underside of a palm tree.
Locality Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Dannie Polley 4 March 2011 49 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird perched at river-edge forest (Samiria River). Un ave posada en la selva ribereña del río Samiria
Locality Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, Loreto Department, Peru
José M. Formentí 6 August 2011 5 weeks ago 3.3
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A group of adults in a tree, vocalizing. Un grupo de adultos vocalizando, posados en un árbol. Locality Charca Valdez, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
J. Gonzalez y F. Collazo 21 April 2007 2 years ago 4
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