Cobalt-winged Parakeet
Brotogeris cyanoptera
(L 7.5-8.0")
A true parrot in the Psittacidae family
...found in the eastern Andean foothills
and the far western Amazonian regions.
Sacha Lodge
18Mar2017
It is estimated that the New World
and Old World (Afrotropical) parrots
last shared a common ancestor with
the Australian parrots about 59 mya
(million years ago).
Brotogeris is Greek for with
human voice; cyanoptera is
Greek for
dark blue wing.
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