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Red-masked Parakeet
Perico Carirrojo
Psittacara erythrogenys
The red-masked parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys) is a medium-sized parrot from Ecuador and Peru. It is popular as a pet and are better known in aviculture as the cherry-headed conure or the red-headed conure. They are also considered the best talkers of all the conures.
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Sound recorded by Aladdin · XC1085470 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.
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About the Red-masked Parakeet
This atlas includes Red-masked Parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys) with atlas status “Introduced” within scope “Avibase inferred core 380.” Global trait data associate it primarily with forest; consult the linked records to resolve its Puerto Rico habitat use.
Conservation
Near Threatened
IUCN NT
- Global IUCN
- NT
- 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
- 0–1300 m
- Nest
- Tree cavity · Tree
- Clutch
- 2–4 eggs
- Social behavior
- Social / flocking
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