Check Out Brotogeris World!

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If you haven't already found her web site, check out Brotogeris World! Bird breeder Luana is devoted to the continuation of members of this South American Brotogeris genus. Members of the Brotogeris family that are raised here, for those who are interested in providing a forever home for one of these sweet birds, are:

• Grey-cheeked parakeet
• Orange-chinned parakeet
• Yellow-chevroned parakeet (formerly canary-winged parakeet)
• White-winged parakeet
• Colbalt-winged parakeet
• Golden-winged parakeet

White-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus)

Old classification:
Canary-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus versicolurus)

New classification:
White-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus) = yellow and white on the wing span

• California Parrot Project
• FWC.com
• IBC Collection
• IUCN Species list
• Photos: Google | Flickr
• Species Profile - Avianweb.com
• Species Profile - BirdChannel.com
• Species Profile - Birdforum.net 
• Species Profile - NeotropicalBirds
• Species Profile - Oiseaux.net
• Species Profile - Wikipedia
• Species Profile - World Parrot Trust
• Species Profile - Zeco
• Videos: YouTube

White Wing Publications:

• Brightsmith, Donald. "White-winged and Yellow-chevroned Parakeets" in Poole, A. and F. Gill, eds., The Birds of North America, No. 385-387, National Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, 1999.
• Diamond, Jared M. and John W. Terborgh. "Observations on Bird Distribution and Feeding Assemblages Along the Rio Callaria, Deptment of Loreto, Peru," The Wilson Bulletin," (Sep. 1967) 79:273-282 (re: B. versicolorus: 276,280).
• Leck, Charles F. "Observations of birds at Cecropia trees in Puerto Rico," The Wilson Bulletin," (Dec. 1972) 84:498-500 (re: B. versicolorus).
• Also see the Yellow-chevroned Parakeet page. Canary-winged parakeets (now called Yellow-chevroned) and White-winged parakeets were often grouped together as the same bird, so many articles may be about both of these Brotogeris parakeets.