Member Login

Username

Password

Auto-login for future visits

Join or Renew Today!

Membership Benefits:

Close Button

Guadeloupe Parakeet

 (Psittacara labati)

Also known as: Guadeloupe Conure

Click photo to visit gallery

Illustration of Guadeloupe Parakeet
© John G. Keulemans | Creative Commons

Did You Know?

A suggestion that parakeets on Guadeloupe may have been escaped Cuban Parakeets is not likely because the parrots had no red in the wing, unlike the Cuban Parakeet.

Academic Research

Related publications: Psittacara labati

Species Profile

Genus: Psittacara | Species: labati

Size:

Not recorded.

Weight:

Not recorded.

Subspecies including nominate:

one

Colour Adult:

Adults: Mainly green parakeet with red on crown.  Bill pale yellow. Thighs green, legs and feet grey.

Colour Juvenile:

Not recorded.

Call:

Not recorded.

More Information:

Avibase
Wikipedia

Content Sources:

Birdlife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots, Forshaw, 2017.

Click photo to visit gallery

Illustration of Guadeloupe Parakeet
© John G. Keulemans | Creative Commons

Did You Know?

A suggestion that parakeets on Guadeloupe may have been escaped Cuban Parakeets is not likely because the parrots had no red in the wing, unlike the Cuban Parakeet.

Academic Research

Related publications: Psittacara labati

Species Care

Captive Status:

Not recorded.

Longevity:

Not recorded.

Housing:

Not recorded.

Diet:

Not recorded.

Enrichment:

Not recorded.

Nest Box Size:

Not recorded.

Clutch Size:

Not recorded.

Incubation Time:

Not recorded.

Fledging Age:

Not recorded.

Hatch Weight:

Not recorded.

Peak Weight:

Not recorded.

Weaning Weight:

Not recorded.

Click photo to visit gallery

Illustration of Guadeloupe Parakeet
© John G. Keulemans | Creative Commons

Did You Know?

A suggestion that parakeets on Guadeloupe may have been escaped Cuban Parakeets is not likely because the parrots had no red in the wing, unlike the Cuban Parakeet.

Academic Research

Related publications: Psittacara labati

Species Wild Status

World Population:

None

IUCN Red List Status:

Extinct

CITES Listing:

Not categorised.

Threat Summary:

Was likely hunted to extinction (Birdlife International). Forshaw (2017) states cause for disappearance unclear.

Range:

Occurred on Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean.

Habitat:

Is thought to have lived in forest areas.

Wild Diet:

Presumably foraged for fruits and seeds.

Ecology and Behaviour:

Was thought to have nested in tree holes and foraged over a wide area for food.

Clutch and Egg Size:

Not recorded.

Breeding Season:

Not recorded.

Click photo to visit gallery

Illustration of Guadeloupe Parakeet
© John G. Keulemans | Creative Commons

Did You Know?

A suggestion that parakeets on Guadeloupe may have been escaped Cuban Parakeets is not likely because the parrots had no red in the wing, unlike the Cuban Parakeet.

Academic Research

Related publications: Psittacara labati

Members Only Resources

Please log-in now to find more research, resources and tools.

Not a Member?

Find more great information:

Gain exclusive access to 600+ pages of additional research, seminars and podcasts, specialists to ask your toughest questions, and dozens of other fun resources - when you become a WPT member.

Already a Member?

Encyclopedia

Search by:
Common Name


Geographic Location


Type of Parrot


Taxonomic Name


Sign Up to Stay Informed




Become A WPT Member Check out the Latest Podcasts