Birds of Ecuador

    PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae (African & New World Parrots)  
Genus: Psittacara (3 species, 13 worldwide)


Red-masked Parakeet
Red-masked Parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys) Near Threatened
 
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Cordilleran Parakeet
Cordilleran Parakeet (Psittacara frontatus) Near Threatened
 
   
Photograph by Petr Hamerník     Copyright and usage info

Split from the Scarlet-fronted Parakeet, which is found in Colombia and Venezuela, and is similarly green with red forehead. Note no red touching eye, and no large white area around eye (see Mitred Parakeet).

White-eyed Parakeet
White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus)
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

May have red spots on irregularly distributed on body.


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