Sulphur Winged Parakeet

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Chiriqui, Panama, 8 May 2010

Bird name: Sulphur Winged Parakeet
Latin: Pyrrhura hoffmanni
Other: Hoffmann's Conure • Perico de Hoffman (Es)
Family: Psittacidae • Parrots
Range: Costa Rica highlands and western Panama

We observed a sizeable group of Sulphur-winged Parakeets feeding on this fruiting tree on Finca Hartmann in western Panama. The guide remarked we were lucky to get such good views of a relatively timid bird.

The Sulphur-winged Parakeet is mostly green with a red cheek, white eye ring and some yellow around head and wings. It has a light coloured bill, and reddish under long tail.