About Pyrrhura griseipectus Salvadori, 1900
The grey-breasted parakeet, Pyrrhura griseipectus, measures 20 to 23 cm (7.9 to 9.1 in) in length. Males and females have identical appearance. Adult grey-breasted parakeets have a brown crown, plum-red face, and white ear coverts. Most of their upperparts are green, with a red-brown rump. Their chin, throat, and the sides of their neck are grayish with a scaly texture. The center of their belly is red-brown, while the rest of their underparts are green. Their wing is mostly green, with a red shoulder and bluish flight feathers. Their tail is red-brown. Immature grey-breasted parakeets look similar to adults. As of 2020, the grey-breasted parakeet was only known from three sites in the Brazilian state of Ceará: Serra do Baturité, Quixadá, and Ibaretama. Historically, its range included at least 15 locations across Ceará, Alagoas, Pernambuco, and Rio Grande do Norte. A 2022 publication documented a flock of grey-breasted parakeets in Bahia, approximately 800 km (500 mi) south of the known Ceará sites. This publication also reidentified earlier photographs from Bahia: the birds in these photos had originally been classified as white-eared (or maroon-faced) parakeets. The Ceará population of grey-breasted parakeets lives in patches of tall humid forest within landscapes that are otherwise dry caatinga, in areas dominated by granite or sandstone. Almost all individuals in Ceará are found at elevations above 500 m (1,600 ft). The Bahia grey-breasted parakeets were found near the coast, in mangroves, restinga, and abandoned coconut plantations.
