Alternative name: Canary-winged Parakeet
- Brotogeris versicolurus
Identification
21-25cm (8¼-9¾ in)
- Green
- Dark green on breast and underparts
- Bright yellow outer wing edges, epaulet and primaries
- White wing patches
- Blue under tail
- Brown iris
- Pale bill
- Pinkish legs
Sexes similar
Immatures are similar to adults, but with yellow greater coverts edged green, similar to immature Yellow-chevroned Parakeets.
Similar Species
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet lacks white wing patches and has darker bill.
Distribution
South America: found in the lowlands of south-eastern Colombia, eastern Peru and Amazonian Brazil.
There are introduced locally in the United States (California & Florida) and in the Caribbean where well established in Puerto Rico. Also around Lima, Peru, and Guayaquil City, Ecuador
Taxonomy
Formerly lumped with Yellow-chevroned Parakeet under the name Canary-winged Parakeet
Subspecies
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Mixed farm and woodland, gallery forest, coastal cliffs and urban areas
Behaviour
Breeding
They nest in tree hollows or in nests of tree termites. The 3-6 white eggs are incubated for 23-26 days (male incubating at night); the young fledging about 50-60 days later.
Diet
There is little known about what non-captive birds each, apart from seeds and fruit.
Vocalisations
Typically lower pitched and less squeaky than chirp calls of Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, described as chra or doubled chra-chra given both in flight and perched. Also a variety of chatter calls.
Movements
Probably sedentary.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- BirdForum member observations
- Collar, N., Bonan, A. & Boesman, P. (2019). White-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/54692 on 3 July 2019).
- Brightsmith, D., K. R. Burgio, B. J. Hiller, K. E. Block, P. Pyle, and M. A. Patten (2017). White-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus), version 3.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.whwpar.03
- White-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/whwpar
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-winged Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-winged_Parakeet
