Tui Parakeet

The tui parakeet (Brotogeris Sancti Thomae) is a species of bird in the family Psittacidae, the true parrots. It is found in the Amazon Basin of Brazil, and Amazonian Peru and Bolivia; also a minor range into eastern Ecuador, and the river border of far south-eastern Colombia. It is restricted to várzea and other wooded habitats near water. It is rare or entirely absents away from large rivers. The tui parakeet is a fairly small green parrot with slightly darker wings, and a medium to short, rather wedge-shaped tail. It has a yellow forehead spot, a relatively dark reddish-dusky bill, a complete white eye-ring, and dull yellowish or whitish irises. The eastern subspecies, B. s. takatsukasae, have a small yellow post-ocular spot, which the western nominate subspecies (B. s. Sancti Thomae) usually lack.