Golden-winged Parakeet - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Jacamar
Photographed: Kitty, Georgetown, Guyana

Brotogeris chrysoptera

Distribution

South America: found in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

• B. c. chrysoptera:

• North-eastern Venezuela to the Guianas and adjacent northern Brazil

• B. c. tenuifrons:

• Northern Brazil (upper Rio Negro in Amazonas)

• B. c. solimoensis:

• Northern Brazil (Codajas and Manaus regions)

• B. c. tuipara:

• Coastal northern Brazil (Rio Tapajós to ne Maranhão)

• B. c. chrysosema:

• Western Brazil (Rio Madeira to n Mato Grosso)

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Golden-winged Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Golden-winged_Parakeet

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