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.

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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