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White-eyed parakeet
Psittacara leucophthalmus · Family Psittacidae
Psittacara leucophthalmus
Family Psittacidae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 237,213
- Countries and territories with records
- 24
About this species
This species has 237,213 occurrence records from 24 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Brazil (66.8%), Argentina (11.5%), Peru (9%), Ecuador (4%) and Colombia (2%); together they account for 93.3% of the total. In Brazil, this species accounts for 0.67% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Psittacara leucophthalmus combines the genus name Psittacara with the species epithet leucophthalmus. The Warbla app catalog lists 11 species of the genus Psittacara; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Psittacara finschi, Psittacara erythrogenys and Psittacara wagleri.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 324 species of the family Psittacidae. This species ranks 17th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Psittacula krameri. Its record count is 3.6 times the family average (66,299). The family Psittacidae belongs to the order Psittaciformes, which has 337 species in the Warbla app catalog.