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WHITE-EYED PARAKEET Aratinga leucopthalma
The Aratinga parakeets are the largest of the Paraguayan parakeets, a parakeet being pretty much a parrot with a long tail - note that the unfortunate indivudal (FPAVE2230PH)  has for some reason or another lost his tail, making him half the parakeet he used to be!. White-eyeds are widely distributed but are commonest in eastern Paraguay. In the Chaco they are outnumbered by their close relative the Blue-crowned Parakeet.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2227PH) Adult ventral, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith October 2008).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2228PH) Adults, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith February 2010).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2229PH) Pair, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith June 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2230PH) Adult at dusk going to roost, Itabó Itaipú Reserve, Departamento Alto Paraná (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO - (FPAVE2231VI) Same individuals as (FPAVE2228PH) calling (Paul Smith February 2010).
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Aratinga leucophthalma
1 (FPAVE2232RE) call  recorded Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Myriam Velázquez April 2000).
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