Red-masked Parakeet
Psittacara erythrogenys
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 2,421
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The red-masked parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys) is a medium-sized parrot from Ecuador and Peru. It is popular as a pet and are better known in aviculture as the cherry-headed conure or the red-headed conure. They are also considered the best talkers of all the conures.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Red-masked parakeet”.