- Pyrrhura devillei
Identification
26 cm
- Mostly green plumage
- Reddish belly
- Brown-ear coverts
- Greyish neck and breast
- Bright red bend of wing and lesser underwing coverts
- Yellow greater underwing coverts.
- Greyish-brown crown
Similar Species
Maroon-bellied Parakeet, which has a green crown.
Distribution
South America: found in the forests of northern Paraguay and south-western Brazil (south-western Mato Grosso)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Deciduous and gallery woodland, also using nearby scrub and savanna.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes fruit, seed, nuts, nectar and flowers.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- BirdLife International
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Blaze-winged Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blaze-winged_Parakeet
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
