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Genus: Aratinga (6 species)


Golden-capped Parakeet
Golden-capped Parakeet (Aratinga auricapillus aurifrons)
Range: SA: se Brazil
Serra da Canastra NP, Minas Gerais, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Jandaya Parakeet
Jandaya Parakeet (Aratinga jandaya)
Range: SA: ne Brazil
Parque de Aves, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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Sulphur-breasted Parakeet (Aratinga maculata)
Range: SA: Pará, Brazil
    

Once considered the same species as the Sun Parakeet, but is mostly yellow with green on end of wings and no orange.

Nanday Parakeet
Nanday Parakeet (Aratinga nenday)
Range: SA: sw Brazil and Bolivia to Paraguay and n Argentina
Pousada Rio Claro, Pantanal, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



Sun Parakeet
Sun Parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis) Endangered
Range: SA: n Brazil (ne Roraima) and w Guyana
  		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Compare to Sulphur-breasted Parakeet.
A redder individual.

Dusky-headed Parakeet
Dusky-headed Parakeet (Aratinga weddellii)
Range: SA: Colombia to Bolivia
Bolivia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Pair at nest.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba