Birds of the World

    PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae (African & New World Parrots)  
Genus: Leptosittaca (1 species)


Golden-plumed Parakeet
Golden-plumed Parakeet (Leptosittaca branickii)
Range: SA: Colombia to Peru
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in noisy groups in the Andes at around 2500m, and large for a parakeet.


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