white-eared parakeet

noun

A small parrot endemic to eastern Brazil, Pyrrhura leucotis. (The Venezuelan, grey-breasted and Pfrimer's parakeets were formerly classed as subspecies but are increasingly treated as separate species.)

Similar
maroon-faced parakeettiriba
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Meanings

nounwhite-eared parakeet (plural white-eared parakeets)

plural white-eared parakeets

  1. A small parrot endemic to eastern Brazil, Pyrrhura leucotis. (The Venezuelan, grey-breasted and Pfrimer's parakeets were formerly classed as subspecies but are increasingly treated as separate species.)

    Synonyms: maroon-faced parakeet, tiriba

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small parrot endemic to eastern Brazil, Pyrrhura leucotis. (The Venezuelan, grey-breasted and Pfrimer's parakeets were formerly classed as subspecies but are increasingly treated as separate species.)

Similar
maroon-faced parakeettiriba
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white-eared parakeet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white-eared%20parakeet

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“white-eared parakeet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white-eared%20parakeet. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “white-eared parakeet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white-eared%20parakeet.

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