Green-cheeked Parakeet - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Stanley Jones
La Cienega, Jujuy Province, Argentina , 11 October 2019

Pyrrhura molinae

Identification

26 cm (10¼ in)

• Brown forehead to nape
• Green cheeks
• Ashy-brown ear-coverts
• Brown chin, throat and sides of neck, with a scaled appearance

Distribution

South America: found in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 6 subspecies^[1]:

• P. m. flavoptera:

• western Bolivia (intermontane valleys in La Paz and Cochabamba)

• P. m. phoenicura:

• North-eastern Bolivia and western Brazil (western Mato Grosso)

• P. m. molinae:

• Highlands of eastern Bolivia

• P. m. restricta:

• Lowlands of eastern Bolivia (Palmarito)

• P. m. hypoxantha:

• Extreme eastern Bolivia and south-western Brazil (southern Mato Grosso)

• P. m. australis:

• Southern Bolivia (Tarija) to north-western Argentina

Habitat

Gallery and lowland deciduous woods.

Behaviour

Diet

There is no information about their diet.

Breeding

They nest in a tree cavity.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Collar, N. & Boesman, P. (2020). Green-cheeked Parakeet (Pyrrhura molinae). 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/54661 on 9 February 2020)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-cheeked Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-cheeked_Parakeet

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