This beautiful parakeet has a fairly limited range in the Pantanal region which straddles parts of Brazil and Paraguay. They are locally common in Brazil but considered rare in Paraguay so I suppose they are near endemic to Brazil. There are currently 24 species in the genus Pyrrhura.
Could you ask for a more cute bird? We had this species several times on my second trip to Colombia. There are 9 species of Parrotlet in the genus Forpus. This species can be found in Panama, Colombia and Venezuela. The males have blue "spectacles" and the females a different shade of green. They are even more cute when a pair is perched together as they are not shy when it comes to public displays of affection (PDA). Normally PDA is kind of annoying especially in the species Homo Erectus, but with this species it is absolutely adorable.
The Orange-winged Amazon is a far ranging South American Parrot that has also established feral populations in Florida. I have seen the Florida ones but below are pics from my trip to the Pantanal in Brazil.
Although this beautiful Amazon has a huge range in central and southeastern South America, it has a Near Threatened status because it is so highly prized in the pet trade. It is easy to see why as it is one of the most stunning species. We saw this one and others on our trip to the Pantanal.
The Blue-headed Parrot is one of the most prevalent and wide-ranging of the Pionus parrots with a large range in Central and South America. We saw them in my first and second trips to Colombia in totally different regions. The trademark for all the Pionus parrots is the red under tail coverts, although some of the other parrots and parakeets have this too.
Some taxonomies have split this high elevation parrot species into two, but for now I am keeping this as one bird. I saw this species on my second trip to Colombia near Bogota. If eBird updates the taxonomy per the split, it will now be Plum-crowned Parrot with the other half of the split being the White-capped Parrot.
