Blue-throated Parakeet Pyrrhura cruentata

Brazilian name: tiriba-grande
Blue-throated Parakeet, Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, November 2008 - click for a larger image Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil
November 2008

The Blue-throated Parakeet is a Brazilian endemic restricted now to a few remaining remnants of lowland Atlantic Rain Forest situated from south Bahia to Rio de Janeiro. It is classified as Vulnerable.
Blue-throated Parakeet, Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, November 2008 - click for a larger image

It has a black crown with yellowish flecks on the nape, orange-red to yellow ear-coverts, a blue breast and collar with blue also on the primaries. It has a red belly and rump with a patch of red on the bend of the wings. The tail is olive-yellow above and brownish-red below.

There are recordings on xeno-canto with additional information available via Avibase.

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