Pearly Parakeet Pyrrhura lepida

Pearly Parakeet Pyrrhura lepida
(Scientific name used to be Pyrrhura perlata but that is now applied to Crimson-bellied Parakeet.)

Caxiuanã, Pará, Brazil
November 2005

The Pearly Parakeet is a Brazilian endemic and is distributed south of the Amazon near its mouth and into Maranhão. It is found in terra firme forest. There is a distribution map on NatureServe.

Distinguishing features are its creamy white ear coverts, blue-green cheeks, whitish eye-ring, dark head, scaly buff throat and breast, green belly with bluish flanks, blue primaries and long reddish tail.

There are 3 sub-species and this is P. l. anerythra which has green underwing coverts and leading edge of wing as opposed to red in the other two sub-species.

It is classified as Near Threatened by Birdlife International.

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