Parrots (Psittacidae)
Plain Parakeet (Brotogeris tirica) - HBW 4, p. 450
French: Toui tirica
German: Tirikasittich
Spanish: Catita Tirica
Taxonomy: Psittacus Tirica J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Brazil.
Monotypic.
Distribution: CE Brazil from Alagoas S to at least Santa Catarina and ranging inland as far as E Goiás.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds in a cecropia tree, feeding on its fruits Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 4 years ago 41 sec 4.3 -
An individual feeding on an exotic palm (Livistona chinensis) Locality Pomerode, Santa Catarina State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Adrian Eisen Rupp 25 July 2010 32 weeks ago 41 sec 4.2 -
Two birds feeding on cecropia fruits and flying away Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 4 years ago 27 sec 4.2 -
A bird at a feeder Locality Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 2 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 23 sec 4 -
A bird eating cecropia fruits Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 4 years ago 21 sec 4 -
Birds at a feeder Locality Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 26 sec 3.5
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Two Plain Parakeets in a quarrel on top of an already opened fruit of a Ceiba speciosa
Locality Blumenau, Santa Catarina State, Brazil
Michael Fritzen 13 June 2010 43 weeks ago 4 -
Two adults quarrel on a bunch of Syagrus romanzoffiana drupes.
Locality Ubatuba, São Paulo State, Brazil
Ivan Sazima 13 July 2007 3 years ago 4 -
A Plain Parakeet on the fruit of a Ceiba speciosa
Locality Blumenau, Santa Catarina State, Brazil
Michael Fritzen 25 July 2010 43 weeks ago 3.8 -
Plain Parakeet hanging upside-down on a branch of a Ceiba speciosa opening the fruit with its beak
Locality Blumenau, Santa Catarina State, Brazil
Michael Fritzen 20 June 2009 41 weeks ago 3.7 -
Feeding
Locality Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
oleicfrisbee 36 weeks ago 3.3 -
Plain Parakeet on the flower of a Ceiba speciosa tree
Locality Santa Catarina State, Brazil
Michael Fritzen 2 May 2010 44 weeks ago 3.2
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calls. Locality Jaqueira (Frei Caneca Reserve), Pernambuco State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 20 March 2008 2 years ago 4
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