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title: "White-eyed Parakeet"
description: "Psittacara leucophthalmus — Birds. The white-eyed parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus), known in aviculture as white-eyed conure, is a species of bird in the subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-eyed-parakeet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# White-eyed Parakeet

> Psittacara leucophthalmus — Birds. The white-eyed parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus), known in aviculture as white-eyed conure, is a species of bird in the subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots.

- Scientific name: *Psittacara leucophthalmus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `zoo` (Zoo & pets)
- iNaturalist observations: 8104
- Wikidata: [Q27075005](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075005)
- iNaturalist taxon: [367573](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367573)

## Names

- en: White-eyed Parakeet
- de: Pavuasittich
- es: Cotorra ojiblanca
- fr: Conure pavouane
- pt: Periquitão
- pl: Szmaragdolotka białooka

## Countries with the most observations

BR (4895), AR (1176), US (435), PE (298), BO (221), EC (106), CO (58), VE (48), UY (32), GF (26), PY (24), TT (24)

## Summary

The white-eyed parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus), known in aviculture as white-eyed conure, is a species of bird in the subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile and also on Trinidad.

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

## Photo

![White-eyed Parakeet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-eyed-parakeet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/320684603

## Machine access

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