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title: "Red-masked Parakeet"
description: "Psittacara erythrogenys — Uccelli. The red-masked parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys) is a medium-sized parrot from Ecuador and Peru."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-masked-parakeet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-masked Parakeet

> Psittacara erythrogenys — Uccelli. The red-masked parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys) is a medium-sized parrot from Ecuador and Peru.

- Scientific name: *Psittacara erythrogenys*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `zoo` (Zoo e animali domestici)
- iNaturalist observations: 4043
- Wikidata: [Q27074999](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27074999)
- iNaturalist taxon: [367572](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367572)

## Names

- en: Red-masked Parakeet
- de: Guayaquilsittich
- es: Loro de cara roja
- fr: Conure à tête rouge
- pt: Periquito-de-cabeça-vermelha
- pl: Szmaragdolotka krasnolica

## Countries with the most observations

US (2527), EC (375), PE (307), ES (169), PR (15), CL (3)

## Summary

The red-masked parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys) is a medium-sized parrot from Ecuador and Peru. It is popular as a pet and are better known in aviculture as the cherry-headed conure or the red-headed conure. They are also considered the best talkers of all the conures.

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

## Photo

![Red-masked Parakeet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-masked-parakeet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70130145

## Machine access

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