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Peach-fronted Parakeet
Eupsittula aurea
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About the Peach-fronted Parakeet
The peach-fronted parakeet (Eupsittula aurea), known as the peach-fronted conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Suriname.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Eupsittula aurea
- Family
- New World and African Parrots
- Order
- Psittaciformes
Similar species
Other members of the new world and african parrots family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- Black-capped Parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola
- Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Burrowing Parakeet Cyanoliseus patagonus
- Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
- Crimson-fronted Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii
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