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title: "Periquito-de-bigode"
description: "Psittacula alexandri — Aves. The red-breasted parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) is a parrot native to Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/red-breasted-parakeet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Periquito-de-bigode

> Psittacula alexandri — Aves. The red-breasted parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) is a parrot native to Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Psittacula alexandri*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 4017
- Wikidata: [Q682379](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682379)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18901](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18901)

## Names

- en: Red-breasted Parakeet
- de: Bartsittich
- es: Cotorra de pecho rojo
- fr: Perruche à moustaches
- nl: Alexanderparkiet
- pt: Periquito-de-bigode
- pl: Aleksandretta różana

## Countries with the most observations

SG (1663), TH (525), ID (485), IN (468), VN (194), KH (190), BD (34), MY (25), NP (15), MM (14), CN (10), BT (6)

## Summary

The red-breasted parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) is a parrot native to Southeast Asia. It is among the more widespread species of the genus and is the species which has the most geographical variations. It is easily identified by the large red patch on its breast. An alternative name is the moustached parakeet depending on subspecies. Most of the subspecies are confined to minuscule islands or a cluster of islands in Indonesia. One subspecies occurs in the Andaman Islands, and one subspecies occurs in continental Southeast Asia and partly extending to northeastern parts of South Asia along the foothills of the Himalayas…

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

## Photo

![Periquito-de-bigode](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-breasted-parakeet/medium.jpg)

Photo: lovelymon lamin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34073107

## Machine access

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