Family Parrots (Psittacidae)
Least Concern
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet (Brotogeris chiriri)
Taxonomy
French: Toui à ailes jaunes German: Gelbflügelsittich Spanish: Catita chirirí
Taxonomy:
Psittacus chiriri
Vieillot
, 1818,Paraguay
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Subspecies and Distribution
B. c. behni
Neumann, 1931 – C & S Bolivia (S from Cochabamba) to NW Argentina (Salta).
B. c. chiriri
(Vieillot, 1818) – N & E Bolivia, Paraguay and N Argentina E to NE, C & SE Brazil (S to São Paulo).
Feral populations in SE Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul#R) and in mainland S USA.
Descriptive notes
20–25 cm. Grass green, yellowish on underparts and underside of tail; primaries tinged blue at bases; outer secondary-coverts yellow. Immatures similar. Race behni... read more
Voice
Common calls are a shrill “chree” or bisyllabic “chree-chree”, given both in flight and perched.... read more
Habitat
Gallery forest in open country, subtropical forest, relatively open woodland, seasonally flooded... read more
Food and feeding
Little information. Recorded eating fruits, flowers (including petals of Erythrina trees), and seeds of Chorisia. ... read more
Breeding
Nests recorded in arboreal termitaria (May and Jun) and in a the wall of a house (with chicks in Aug–Sept).
Movements
Some seasonal movements, undefined, may occur in W Paraguay, and large flocks have been observed in... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). CITES II. Common to abundant in most of range, including Maranhão, Goiás, Mato Grosso, but rare to uncommon in... read more
Closely related to, and often treated as conspecific with, B. versicolurus (which see). Two subspecies recognized.