Orange-chinned Parakeet
Common in south Mexico, Cent,
America, and northwest So. America
...can imitate simple human speech.
Brotogeris jugularis
(L 6.9" Wt 1.9-2.3 oz)
Canopy Lodge
El Valle
10Oct2016
San Francisco Reserve
02Oct2016
flash photo
Brotogeris is Greek for with
human voice; jugularis refers
to the
throat or neck.
Birds are so ubiquitous, so
variable, so easily visible,
and so darn charming.
      (John W. Fitzpatrick)
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© David L.
Ross, Jr.
Macaulay
Library