Global Range: Native to the central portion of South America. Introduced into the U.S. in the late 1960s; 1343 individuals were recorded in seven states (Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, New York, Oregon, and Texas) on the 1992-1993 Christmas Bird Count (Hyman and Pruett-Jones 1995). Introduced and established also in Puerto Rico (most common in the San Juan area and the Luquillo Beach-Fajardo area; range is expanding). As of 1993, Stephen Pruett-Jones (Univ. of Chicago) was studying the distribution and abundance of this species in the U.S. (Ornithological Newsletter, August 1993).