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White-winged Parakeet
Also Known As: Canary-winged Parakeet
White or Canary-winged Parakeet eating flower bud
Credit: (c) Tomoko Imanishi
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The White-winged Parakeet is the most successful introduced parrot in Puerto Rico.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Brotogeris
Species:
versicolorus
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 22cm (8.6 in) | 70g (2.4 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults small, long-tailed mainly green parrots with yellow and white in wings; lores bare with a few grey/blue feathers; primary coverts and primary feathers white, outerwebs of primaries blue/green; secondary coverts yellow, secondary feathers white/yellow. Bill horn coloured tinged with yellow/brown. Bare eye ring pale grey, eye dark brown.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but with fewer white primaries and these tipped green; secondary coverts yellow and green; shorter tail. Upper mandible brown at base.
Call: Shrill metallic calls in flight.
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Content Sources:
"Brotogeris," http://www.shadypines.com/brotogeris.htm
Animal World http://animal-world.com/encyclo/birds/parakeets/ParakeetProfile.htm
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1622&m=0
xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
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