---
title: "Maroon-bellied Parakeet"
description: "Pyrrhura frontalis — Birds. The maroon-bellied parakeet (Pyrrhura frontalis) is a small parrot found from southeastern Brazil to north-eastern Argentina, including eastern Paraguay and Uruguay."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/maroon-bellied-parakeet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Maroon-bellied Parakeet

> Pyrrhura frontalis — Birds. The maroon-bellied parakeet (Pyrrhura frontalis) is a small parrot found from southeastern Brazil to north-eastern Argentina, including eastern Paraguay and Uruguay.

- Scientific name: *Pyrrhura frontalis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `zoo` (Zoo & pets)
- iNaturalist observations: 3083
- Wikidata: [Q790673](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q790673)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19162](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19162)

## Names

- en: Maroon-bellied Parakeet
- de: Braunohrsittich
- es: Chiripepé cabeza verde
- fr: Conure de Vieillot
- nl: Bruinoorparkiet
- pt: Tiriba-de-testa-vermelha
- pl: Rudosterka kasztanowobrzucha

## Countries with the most observations

BR (2246), AR (620), UY (42), PY (29)

## Summary

The maroon-bellied parakeet (Pyrrhura frontalis) is a small parrot found from southeastern Brazil to north-eastern Argentina, including eastern Paraguay and Uruguay. It is also known as the reddish-bellied parakeet, and in aviculture it is usually referred to as the maroon-bellied conure, reddish-bellied conure or brown-eared conure.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroon-bellied_parakeet

## Photo

![Maroon-bellied Parakeet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/maroon-bellied-parakeet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64219730

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/maroon-bellied-parakeet?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).