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White-winged Parakeet  (Brotogeris versicolorus)

Also Known As: Canary-winged Parakeet
 
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White or Canary-winged Parakeet

Credit: © Dart Humeston
 
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Did You Know?
The White-winged Parakeet is the most successful introduced parrot in Puerto Rico.

Status in the Wild
World Population:
Not recorded

Range: Occurs in SE Colombia and NE Peru east to French Guiana and NE Brazil; may be seen in E Ecuador and deep south of Surinam. Introduced in Lima district, Peru, Puerto Rico and Miami, Florida, and possibly Dominican Republic, West Indies.

Habitat:
Occurs in a wide variety of areas, including moist, seasonal and riparian forests, pantanal, savanna and parkland. Mostly in lowlands but reported to 2700m (8856 ft) (conspecific behni).

Threat Summary:
None so far.

IUCN Rating:
Least concern

Wild Diet:
Eats flowers, seeds and fruits.

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Gregarious, forming large flocks and communal roosts outside breeding season.

Clutch and Egg Size:
3 to 6 rounded eggs, 23.0 x 19.0mm (0.9 x 0.7 in).

Breeding Season:
Probably breeds January.

Links to Other Project(s):
http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/sfparrots.htm

http://natureali.org/parrot_project/ID.htm

More Info Sites:
http://www.birdsofwestwood.com/birdpages/parakeet.htm

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0407_030407_parakeets.html