Urban Observation of the Week: White-eyed Parakeets Feast on a Building in São Paulo

Geophagous parakeets congregate by the hundreds twice a day on the brick walls of a Sao Paulo building https://t.co/HNhIvehDqp pic.twitter.com/onJXfldtRS

— Rafael Marcondes 🇧🇷 (@brown_birds) June 26, 2020

I was recently browsing through Twitter and came across this fantastic tweet by Rafael Marcondes showing a flock of white-eyed parakeets (Psittacara leucophthalmus) gathering on a building in the Tatuapé neighborhood of São Paulo. Maisa Infante wrote the original post and explains that the parakeets eat the clay off the building’s facade.

White-eyed Parakeets (Psittacara leucophthalmus) climb a building in search of food. Video: Karol Endrigue

Do you have a photo or video of an urban species doing something unusual? What about a rare plant or animal that you were surprised to find in a city? If so, let Lindsay know or Tweet at us and you could be featured as a future observation of the week!

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Elizabeth Carlen

I am an NSF Postdoctoral Researcher at Washington University in St Louis and UC Berkeley where I am working on the ecology and evolution of urban Eastern Gray Squirrels. You can find out more about me on my personal site www.elizabethcarlen.com

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