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The Yellow-chevroned parakeet (Brotogeris chiriri) is a bird found in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia. Woods, gardens and city parks in South America. It eats fruit, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Yellow-chevroned parakeet lives

Woods, gardens and city parks in South America.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🍎 Fruit50%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts20%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants20%
• 🌸 Nectar10%

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

Conservation status

Hear the Yellow-chevroned parakeet

Recorded by Marcos E. Sosa (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1019092. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Yellow-chevroned parakeet

Where does the Yellow-chevroned parakeet live?

The Yellow-chevroned parakeet lives in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia. Woods, gardens and city parks in South America.

What does the Yellow-chevroned parakeet eat?

fruit (about 50%), seeds and nuts (about 20%), leaves and other plant parts (about 20%), nectar (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Yellow-chevroned parakeet endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from South America

• Blue-eyed ground dove
• Cone-billed tanager
• Banded cotinga
• Bahia tapaculo
• Gorgeted puffleg
• Colorful puffleg

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