White-winged Parakeet
Photo: Richard Crossley · CC BY-SA 3.0

African and New World Parrots

White-winged Parakeet

Brotogeris versicolurus

LCLeast Concern
Family
African and New World Parrots (Psittacidae)
Order
Psittaciformes

Overview

The white-winged parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus), or canary-winged parakeet is a small parrot native to the Amazon River basin from southeast Colombia to the rivers mouth in Brazil. Caged birds have been released and the birds have established self-sustaining populations in Lima, Peru, Los Angeles, and Miami, Florida areas of the United States, and in Puerto Rico. They were also present in San Francisco, California until the mid-2000s. Although feral birds are showing some recent declines as nesters in the United States, they seem to be doing well in their native habitat.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Lowlands of southeastern Colombia to eastern Peru and Amazonian Brazil.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.