Brotogeris Species

Brotogeris Information

Alphabetic Listing of Species

Nominate Species and Sub-species:

Plain Parakeets – Brotogeris tirica (Gmelin, 1788)

White-winged Parakeets, previously known as Canary-winged Parakeets – Brotogeris versicolurus (Statius Muller, 1776)

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet – Brotogeris chiriri chiriri (Vieillot, 1818)

• Behn’s Parakeet – Brotogeris chiriri behni (Neumann, 1931) – formerly brotogeris versicolurus behni

Grey-cheeked Parakeets – Brotogeris pyrrhoptera (Latham, 1802)

Tovi Parakeets aka Orange-chinned Parakeets – Brotogeris jugularis jugularis (Statius Muller, 1776)

• Eastern Tovi Parakeets – Brotogeris jugularis exsul (Todd, 1917)

Cobalt-winged Parakeets – Brotogeris cyanoptera cyanoptera (Pelzeln, 1870)

• Gustave’s Parakeets – Brotogeris cyanoptera gustavi (Berlepsch, 1889)
• Beni Cobalt-winged or Blue-winged Parakeets – Brotogeris cyanoptera beniensis (Gyldenstolpe, 1941)

Golden-winged Parakeets – Brotogeris chrysoptera chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766)

• Tuipara Parakeets – Brotogeris chrysoptera tuipara (Gmelin, 1788)
• Golden Parakeets – Brotogeris chrysoptera chrysosema (Sclater, 1864)
• Codajas Golden-winged Parakeets – Brotogeris chrysoptera solimoensis (Gyldenstolpe, 1941)
• Rio Negro Parakeets – Brotogeris chrysoptera tenuifrons (Friedmann, 1945)

Tui Parakeets – Brotogeris sanctithomae sanctithomae (Statius Muller, 1776)

• Santarém Tui Parakeets – Brotogeris sanctithomae takatsukasae (Neumann, 1931)

References: [AVTAX] Zoonomen; Zoological Nomenclature Resource; Birds of the World

Alphabetic Listing of Species

Behn’s Parakeets

Beni Blue-winged Parakeets

Beni Cobalt-winged Parakeets

Canary-winged Parakeets

Cobalt-winged Parakeets

Codajas Golden-winged Parakeets

Eastern Tovi Parakeets

Golden Parakeets

Golden-winged Parakeets

Grey-cheeked Parakeets aka Grey Cheek Parakeet, Pocket Parrot, Orange Flanked Parakeet, Orange Winged Parakeet

Gustave’s Parakeets

Orange-chinned Parakeets

Plain Parakeets

Rio Negro Parakeets

Santarém Tui Parakeets

Tovi Parakeets aka Bee Bee Parrots aka Orange-chinned Parakeets

Tui Parakeets

Tuipara Parakeets

White-winged Parakeets / White Parakeets

Other Relevant Web Resources:

• Brotogeris as Pets
• Common Health Problems of the Brotogeris
• Breeding Brotogeris
• Brotogeris Species
• Photos of the Various Brotogeris Species for Identification