Parrots

Peach-fronted Parakeet

Eupsittula aurea

The Peach-fronted Parakeet (Eupsittula aurea) is an 85 g grassland bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Parrots

Order

Psittaciformes

Weight

85 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Peru.

Where to see it: Barba Azul Nature Reserve (Bolivia); Poconé · Pousada Piuval (Brazil); Pantanal · P. Jofre boat on Rio Cuiabá & tributaries (Brazil); Gran Asunción · Parque Guasu Metropolitano (Paraguay); Santa Cruz Botanical Gardens (Bolivia).

Photo: (c) André Ambrozio, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist