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Green-cheeked Parakeet
Perico Cachetiverde
Pyrrhura molinae
The green-cheeked parakeet (Pyrrhura molinae), also sometimes known as the green-cheeked conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the parrots, which includes species from both Africa and the New World. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.
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Sound recorded by Dante Buzzetti · XC628868 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.
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About the Green-cheeked Parakeet
This atlas includes Green-cheeked Parakeet (Pyrrhura molinae) with atlas status “Introduced” within scope “Wikipedia supplemental record.” Global trait data associate it primarily with woodland; consult the linked records to resolve its Puerto Rico habitat use.
Conservation
Least Concern
IUCN LC
- Global IUCN
- LC
- Puerto Rico DNER
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Federal ESA
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Critical habitat
- Not identified in source crosswalk
Natural history
How it lives
- Habitat
- forests
- Elevation
- Not resolved–2000 m
- Nest
- Tree cavity · Tree
- Clutch
- 3–3 eggs
- Social behavior
- Social / flocking
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