Pfrimer's Parakeet

Pyrrhura pfrimeri

The Pfrimer's Parakeet (Pyrrhura pfrimeri) is a bird found in Brazil. Found in Brazil. It eats fruit, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Pyrrhura pfrimeri
Region	South America
Found in	Brazil

🏡 Where the Pfrimer's Parakeet lives

Found in Brazil.

🍽️ What it eats

🍎 Fruit30%
🌰 Seeds & nuts30%
🌿 Leaves & plants30%
🐛 Insects & bugs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 76 grams. It mostly eats fruit and seeds.

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Recorded by Tulio Dornas (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC713482. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Pfrimer's Parakeet

Where does the Pfrimer's Parakeet live?

The Pfrimer's Parakeet lives in Brazil. Found in Brazil.

What does the Pfrimer's Parakeet eat?

fruit (about 30%), seeds and nuts (about 30%), leaves and other plant parts (about 30%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Pfrimer's Parakeet endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from South America

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.