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White-winged Parakeet

Brotogeris versicolurus

Classification

Class
Aves

The white-winged parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus), or canary-winged parakeet is a small parrot native to the Amazon River basin from southeast Colombia to the rivers mouth in Brazil. Caged birds have been released and the birds have established self-sustaining populations in Lima, Peru, Los Angeles, and Miami, Florida areas of the United States, and in Puerto Rico. They were also present in San Francisco, California until the mid-2000s.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 7,321Brazil · 3,001