White-eyed Parakeet (Aratinga leucophthalmus)
White-eyed Parakeet, Minas Gerais, Brazil, April 2001 - click for larger image Minas Gerais, Brazil
April 2001

The White-eyed Parakeet is found extensively in South America east of the Andes and north of the River Plate. It is found in a wide variety of habitats from rain forest to savanna.

White-eyed Parakeet, Minas Gerais, Brazil, April 2001 - click for larger image It gets its name from the bare white skin around the eye. Other features are the red spots on its head and neck as well as the red and yellow on the bend of its wing.

It feeds on fruit, seeds (including arable crops such as maize), flowers and insects.
White-eyed Parakeet, Biritiba-Mirim, São Paulo, Brazil, October 2005 - click for larger image There are illustrations in HBW, Volume 4, Page 428; and Hilty & Brown, Plates 10 and 11.
White-eyed Parakeet, Biritiba-Mirim, São Paulo, Brazil, October 2005 - click for larger image
White-eyed Parakeet, Biritiba-Mirim, São Paulo, Brazil, October 2005 - click for larger image
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