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Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Thectocercus

Blue-crowned Parakeet

Thectocercus acuticaudatus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Psittaciformes
Family
Psittacidae
Genus
Thectocercus

Taxonomy Changes

Aratinga acuticaudata Thectocercus acuticaudatus

Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

Vocalizations

euqirneto · CC0_1_0
Damien Wallace · CC_BY_4_0
W Rao · CC_BY_4_0
Pablo H Capovilla · CC_BY_4_0
Leandro Bareiro Guiñazú · CC_BY_4_0
Damien Wallace · CC_BY_4_0
xianning · CC0_1_0
Pedro Beja · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (5)

  • Thectocercus acuticaudatus acuticaudatus

    eastern Bolivia to Paraguay, southern Brazil, western Uruguay, and northern Argentina

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.