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Mallee Ringneck
Barnardius barnardi

Origin: Australia

Character: shy and nervous

Life expectancy: 18 years

Height: 35 cm..

Content

Perico description of Barnard

Of 35 cm.. length between 105 and 143 g. of weight.

The Mallee Ringneck (Barnardius barnardi) has the plumage predominantly Green, crown and sides of the head bright green, with the cheeks slightly tinged blue and a small red band across the forecrown. The neck It is olive brown with a yellow ring around its back.

The lower area of the back is dark blue. The chest and the abdomen are turquoise blue, separated one from the other by a transverse band of yellow color which is more or less wide. The curvature of the wing It shows a greenish blue that overflows on the mantle.

The greater coverts are yellowish-green. The secondaries They are pale blue, In contrast with the covered and primaries which they are dark blue.

The underparts is blue. The upperparts tail is dark green, their central feathers with blue spikes and outer blue with pale tips.

The bill is whitish grey. The strait bare periophthalmic is solid gray. The irises is of color Brown dark and the legs grey.

The female It has colors more muted than your partner. The back and the lumbar area show a dark greenish gray. The underside is grey, with a more or less visible clear band.

The immature with even duller colors than females. They have the neck and back of the crown brown. The cheeks blues are often more developed. The back and tail are greyish green. The band underwing usually visible.

Two species were traditionally recognized in the genus Barnardius, Barnardius zonarius and Barnardius barnardi, but both hibridaban in the contact area and are currently considered a single species.

Taxonomic status:

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Barnardius [zonarius or Barnardi] (sensu lato) by some authors

Sound of the Mallee Ringneck.

Subspecies Barnardius barnardi

Barnardius barnardi barnardi

: (Vigors and Horsfield, 1827) The nominal species
Barnardius barnardi whitei

: (Mathews, 1912) Of 35 cm.. length. It has feathers off, especially the chest and abdomen where the turquoise color is absent. Female plumage more clear than the nominal. Is believed to be a hybrid of the Barnardius Zonarius with the Barnardius Barnardi.
Barnardius barnardi macgillivrayi

: (North, 1900) Of 33 cm.. length. More small, more pale, with the greenish-yellow forehead more pale and with clear bright blue hue on the cheeks and below the headphone feathers. Broad band of yellow on the abdomen.

Barnard's Parakeet Habitat:

The Parakeets Barnard They are mainly sedentary, but there may be some moves to small scale in response to climate change.

The species occupies the arid areas of mallee composed almost exclusively of Eucalyptus gracilis. Also found in shrubs of acacia and cypresses and in a wide variety of very similar habitats.

The species living in the areas of the North has a clear preference for the rubber Red (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) It covers temporary streams and shows a more arboreal lifestyle.

Generally less common in populated areas and in more humid regions. Large flocks are more rare to observe; pairs or small groups are the usual social units.

Less bold and curious that the Australian Ringneck, Although the two species share habits, diet and cortejo similar.

The Mallee Ringneck have been recorded feeding in the company of the Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Pale-headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus), Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) and Bluebonnet

Reproduction:

During courtship, the male shrugs, causing the wings to vibrate slightly.
Like most other parrot species, the Mallee Ringneck they have as a practice gnaw and chew wood, whether to put his personal stamp on his favorite tree, or to enlarge the cavity entrance. This activity allows them to keep their beaks in good condition.

The nest is usually in a hollow tree, and usually four to five eggs make up the implementation, deposited on a base of wood decaying waste.

In the North, breeding season tends to be governed by weather, and the nesting coincides with the end of the wet planting season.

In the South, playback starts in July or August and the season can be extended until January with a second litter. Incubation lasts around 20 days and is carried out by the female.

The young birds leave the nest after 5 weeks, but remain in the household with his parents for a while.

Food:

The Mallee Ringneck they are mainly vegetarians, they feed on seeds – Melon seeds (Cucumber myriocarpus), bitter melons (Citrullus lanatus), fruits of the tree of the tobacco (introduced), fruits, nectar and flowers. Its menu is complemented with insects and larvae.

«Barnard's Parakeet» Distribution:

The Mallee Ringneck they are distributed through the interior of the East Australia, to the West of the Great dividing range, with a practically isolated population in the Northwest of Queensland, stretching across the border of the Northern Territory, along the nicholson river, in the North, and reaching Glenormiston, and western part of Queensland, in the South; its eastern limit is about Kynuna.

The the Northern subspecies meets the nominal species in the region of Range Forsythe, and extends to the South, with its eastern boundary running near Barcaldine, Mitchell and Goondiwindi, and in New South Wales.

To the South extends East through Moree, Dubbo and Wagga Wagga to get up to Kerang in Victoria.

In the West, the species is dispersed through of Western Queensland to the region of Cooper Creek of South Australia around Innamincka.

In New South Wales, is located to the West of the basin of the darling river, about Broken Hill.

Distributes lengthwise of the murray river, and in Victoria It extends through the Northwest corner to the South, until around Edenhope.

In the southeast of South Australia ranges through Naracoorte and Mount Lofty Ranges in Port Augusta and Montes Flinders, where is integrated with the Australian Ringneck; the two species are also more North.

Getaways birds have been registered in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Subspecies B distribution. barnardi

Barnardius barnardi barnardi

(Vigors and Horsfield, 1827) The nominal species
Barnardius barnardi whitei

(Mathews, 1912) Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Barnardius barnardi macgillivrayi

(North, 1900) This, Territory of the North and Northwest Queensland

Conservation «Barnard's Parakeet»:

• Current category of the Red List of the UICN: Least concern

• Population trend: Growing

The species is considered common throughout its range..

The world population is estimated at around 500 000 individuals and it seems stable.

But, seems less able to adapt to the changes that have occurred in the habitat that the Australian Ringneck.

In captivity:

The Mallee Ringneck It is appreciated as a pet, but the birds in captivity are relatively few.

Una muestra vivió 17,9 years in captivity. According to some sources, these animals can live up to 31,6 years in captivity, but this has not been verified.

Most common in Europe and Australia; not so much in the United Kingdom or United States.

Initially it is a timid and nervous bird, Although soon it acclimatizes caregiver. Bonding with a partner to do when both birds are young, as adults they do not usually live in harmony. Aggressive with other parrots.

Alternative names:

– Mallee Ringneck, Mallee Parrot, Mallee Ringneck Parrot, Ringneck Parrot (ingles).
– Perruche de Barnard, Barnardius barnardi, Perruche cloncurry (French).
– Barnardsittich, Barnard Sittich, Barnard-Sittich (German).
– Periquito-de-Barnard (Portuguese).
– Perico de Barnard (español).

scientific classification:

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittaculidae
– Genus: Barnardius
– Scientific name: Barnardius barnardi
– Citation: (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
– Protonimo: Platycercus theelectronicjumper

Images "Mallee Ringneck"

Videos "Mallee Ringneck"

«Barnard's Perico» (Barnardius barnardi)

Sources:

– Avibase
– Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M
– Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
– LoroMania
AnAge: The Animal Ageing and Longevity Database – Genomics.senescence.info
– Birdlife

– Photos:

(1) – By AlexKant – Israel> Petach Tikva Zoo – ZooChat

– Sounds: Patrik Åberg (Xeno-canto)

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Orange-bellied Parrot
Neophema chrysogaster

Origin: Australia

Character: Quiet and peaceful

Life expectancy: ---

Height: 21 cm..

Content

Description

The Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) is a small ‘Grass parakeet‘, so called for spending a lot of time on the ground feeding on seeds and grasses.

adults have, approximately, 21 cm length and a weight of around of 45 to 50 g..

Has the crown, the nape and the the mantle bright green, with one frontal band dark blue and a lighter blue later point that does not extend beyond the eyes.

Face and lores are yellowish-green. You have a few different bands in the wings Green and blue colors, the vane inmates of the wing-coverts are green, the blue outer.

The primary coverts are dark blue. The primary feathers Black has the outside edges with fine violet blue and yellow. The secondaries has a green border.

The underparts is blue. The chest Green is mixed with the greenish yellow color under the tail. The belly is very stained Orange. The top of queue is green with blue tip. The lateral tail feathers they are yellow with blue-green bases.

Peak and iris are black, the legs are grey.

The female is more off than the male, the frontal band has a single tone. The stain ventral Orange is smaller.

Between the juveniles, the frontal band is barely visible. The Wing band is very prominent and the bill is pale.

Sound of the Orange-bellied Parrot.

Habitat:

As one migratory species, its habitat varies throughout the year, with the birds that live in the marshes, coastal dunes, pastures, scrub, estuaries, Islands, beaches and Moors generally within the 10 km of distance from shore.

There is practically no records more towards the inside of 5 km and most are within 2 km from the coast. The holes of mature eucalyptus, as the Smithton Peppermint (Eucalyptus nitida) and the Swamp gum (Eucalyptus ovata), they are used by the Orange-bellied Parrot for the nesting during the breeding season in Tasmania, and breeding habitat is a mosaic of moorland and reed-covered land, dominated by the Button Gras (Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus) and forests.

The behavior of foraging species are usually characterized by the power in the suelor or in low vegetation, in general a less than 1 m above ground.

The birds they feed usually in pairs or individually during the breeding season, and in small herds of variable size in non-breeding season. Solitary birds often have been feeding with other species, especially with the Blue-winged Parrot (Neophema chrysostoma).

Reproduction:

In Tasmania, the only breeding place, spawning takes place in the months of November and December.

The nest of the Orange-bellied Parrot is located in natural cavities, between the 8 and 25 meters of height in eucalyptus (Eucalyptus nitida) and less frequently, in the (Eucalyptus ovata). The nest is sometimes maintained during several consecutive years. The marital ties they are strong and sometimes last a lifetime.

The spawning included among 3 and 6 eggs they are incubated during 21 days. Young people are altricial and remain in the nest for at least 5 weeks.

Food:

Initially, on Spring, the Orange-bellied Parrot they feed on plants. They mostly eat seed Sedge (Reedy) and parts of the herbs of the genus Boronia or Actinotus.

At the beginning of Winter, the regime being vegetarian, suffering some transformations. the Orange-bellied Parrot consume algae in decomposition, seeds and herbs Poaceae and Halophyte, that is to say, you adapt to saline environments, as the Rock Samphire (A maritime rhythm).

The goosefoot )Chenopodium) and Salt plants (Atriplex) also classic in their food. Introduced plants such as the Sea rocket (Cakile maritima) they are also popular.

Distribution:

Tamaño del área de distribución (reproducción/residente) 3.100 km2

The Orange-bellied Parrot They nest along the margins of forests of the coastal plains and feeds on land covered with reeds of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Southwest of Tasmania, Australia, between Macquarie Harbour and Port Davey.

They migrate across Islands in the West of the bass strait (mainly King Island) towards the coast South of Australia, to Hibernate from the months of March to July, mainly along the coasts of the Bahía Port Phillip, Victoria (largest number of birds in Point Wilson and Swan Island, including the Queenscliffe Golf Course). They also overwinter in small numbers., from Gippsland, Victoria, to the West of the Coorong, Southern Australia. Occasionally occur during winter in areas of Tasmania and surrounding islands, as well as other individuals spend the summer on the mainland.

Every summer around 40 couples are reproduced, and an analysis of nine nests showed an average offspring of 1,7 pups per pair. The post-breeding population increased by about 50 individuals, of around 170 birds, but the population is becoming increasingly smaller, which suggests a high annual mortality. Adults begin to leave the breeding area in February and fly across the coast of Tasmania, crossing the bass strait, mainly through King Island (also records in the Hunter Croup) towards the coast of the Southeast of Australia (young birds usually travel a month later).

The Orange-bellied Parrot They tend to move around the continent, and are in the South of Australia at the end of winter. They return to breed in the months of September and October, they usually travel directly back to their breeding grounds. Since 1979 to 1990, the wintering population has remained relatively stable, with a count of 67 to 126 individuals registered every year (with a maximum of 50% of the world's population known with presence in Point Wilson).

In the last century the species flying in flocks of thousands of individuals (and raised as far East as Sydney up to approximately 1907). Wintering habitat loss and capture for the bird trade are cited as factors in its decline.

Possible winter habitat loss remains a threat, as does competition from introduced herbivores, the disturbance, and the possibility of exploration and exploitation of minerals. A detailed recovery plan includes the management of winter habitat with the exclusion of grazing animals, the diversion of economic activity and the development of Murtcaim Wildlife Management Area about Point Wilson. Captive-bred birds have been released and mixed with wild individuals.

Conservation:

• Current category of the Red List of the UICN: Critically Endangered

• Population Trend: Decreasing

The Orange-bellied Parrot It has a very low population size. This very low population size is even more significant, given that the species migrates through of the Bass Strait, with which this species is subjected to the additional risk by stormy phenomena on their migratory journey.

Has a restricted geographic range when breeding, and apparently a limited supply of food during migration and winter.

The species is found in a single population of between 100 and 150 mature individuals. Habitat loss, fragmentation and modification, particularly on the migration route and in the wintering areas, they are the key threats to the survival of the species.

For a small population, stochastic factors, as the disease, storms during the migratory species, and the destruction of nests by forest fires have the potential to reduce the survival of the species in the long term.

The Orange-bellied Parrot It has a restricted geographical distribution which is precarious for its survival.

The Scientific Committee of Threatened Species considers that the Orange-bellied Parrot has suffered a historic decline since European colonization. It is considered, In addition, that the recent recovery actions that have been implemented are having a beneficial impact on the species and the possibility of future stability in the reproduction sites is becoming apparent. But, as the population of the Orange-bellied Parrot is so low, the data that we have are based on a small area of occupancy and it is likely that this species continue suffering from a series of threats in course, with what the Committee may not be sufficiently secure that available information indicate that the population is stable and safe.

Future declines in population are still likely as a result of potential threats, especially the stochastic and genetic threats to small populations are likely and that can lead to the extinction.

"Orange-bellied Parrot" in captivity:

The Orange-bellied Parrot is very rare in captivity and is, probably, more present in the hands of European collections. There are also some captive birds by some fans in Australia, to the South of the continent.

Video Ventrinaranja Parakeet

Captive Management Using Biological Data

Fifteen years ago in South Australia, under expert supervision, were built cages with the aim of raising these birds and avoid that the Orange-bellied Parrot disappeared completely. In the early years, most of the young people died from diseases of the beak and feathers (PBFD), a viral disease (virus BFD). Similarly, cold winters in this region, where was launched the project, they had a negative effect on the end result.

Once the aviaries were displaced to areas more temperate and increased its amount, the result is improved and each year dozens of parrots have been released into the wild.

The Orange-bellied Parrot they are birds calm, peaceful and little noisy. They belong to the less active within the genre of the kind Neophema, so tend to the Obesity. These birds spend much time ashore. Usually, bathe once a day, in long baths. Reproduce well in captivity. They are exceptionally susceptible to various infections, including the intestinal parasites. These birds also, often, they die without apparent reason.

Alternative names:

– Orange-bellied Parrot, Grass Parakeet, Orange bellied Parrot, Orange-bellied Grass-Parakeet, orange-bellied parakeet, Orange-breasted Grass-Parakeet, Orange-breasted Parrot, Purple-banded Parrot, Yellow-bellied Parrot (ingles).
– Perruche à ventre orange, Perruche à poitrine orange (French).
– Goldbauchsittich (German).
– Periquito-de-barriga-laranja (Portuguese).
– Papagayo de Vientre Naranja, Periquito Ventrinaranja (español).

scientific classification:

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittaculidae
– Genus: Neophema
– Scientific name: Neophema chrysogaster
– Citation: (Latham, 1790)
– Protonimo: Psittacus chrysogaster

Images «Orange-bellied Parakeet»:

Videos "Orange-bellied Parrot"

«Orange-bellied Parakeet» (Neophema chrysogaster)

Sources:

Avibase

Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M

Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr

Ministry of the environment – Australia – Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)

Birdlife

Photos:

(1) – Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) male, Melaleuca, Southwest Conservation Area, Tasmania, Australia By JJ Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com) (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(2) – Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) female, Melaleuca, Southwest Conservation Area, Tasmania, Australia By JJ Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com) (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(3) – Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) Melaleuca,Tasmania by Ron Knight – Flickr
(4) – Orange-bellied parrot, Neophema chrysogaster, photographed at Tasmania, Australia – Image: David Boyle/National Geographic [velociraptorize] (5) – Photo: Justin McManus
(6) – John Latham – Allen, ELSA G. (1951) The History of American Ornithology before Audubon. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New be. 41(3):387-591. See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Sounds: Patrik Åberg (Xeno-canto)

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Vasa Parrot
Coracopsis vasa

Origin: Madagascar, Comoros

Character: Ruidoso, affectionate and intelligent

Life expectancy: 54 years.

Height: 50 cm..

Content

Description

Of 50 cm.. length and an average weight of 480 g..

The Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis vasa) It has a few shades between black and Brown, big enough, grim looking, with the rounded tail and a powerful bill pinkish.

They can be difficult to spot when they combine their dark plumage with shadows under the forest canopy..

To a large extent, sympatric with the very similar Black Parrot (Coracopsis nigra), but the Vasa Parrot It is larger and somewhat paler, greyish Brown rather than dark brown

They can fly at high altitude when they travel to or from the sites of communal rest. It can be very Meek and accessible When feeds below the forest canopy.

In general, the plumage of the Vasa Parrot is brown-black color with a slight greyish tinge clear at the top, in special wings and top of the tail. Primaries with narrow gray margin in vane outer. bottom of the flight feather pale grey. Subcaudales coverts Gray with variable black stripes on the shafts of feathers. Tail with faint dark subterminal band; undertail, the tail pale grey. Bill usually pink but grey color after molting; irises brown; naked periophthalmic patch (that extends to the peak) pale grey; legs greyish Brown clear

Without sexual dimorphism in plumage. Reproductive females can become bald on the head, around the eyes and throat , with the exposed skin of mustard yellow or orange.

Immature with plumage more greyish Brown lighter and paler skin around the eyes. Skin patch naked eye more smaller than in adults or absent.

Sound of the Vasa Parrot.

Description 3 subspecies

Coracopsis vasa comorensis

(Peters,W, 1854) – Smaller, of 45 cm., and paler than the nominal species, Unlike the subspecies drouhardi by having underparts dyed color chocolate instead of gray, and undertail-coverts Brown instead of gray or whitish.

Coracopsis vasa drouhardi

(Lavauden, 1929) – ItÂ´s smaller, of 45 cm., and paler than the nominal species. The underparts they are more gray with undertail-coverts more whitish, upperparts They show a bluish grey tinge clear. Dark subterminal band on the tail.

Coracopsis vasa vasa

(Shaw, 1812) – Nominal species

Habitat:

The Vasa Parrot they are distributed among a wide variety of habitats, from the dense and humid forests, Brambles open forests, until Medemia Palms in the savannas.

It attends the habitats modified by human activity; sometimes visits farmland.

Move, mainly, by lowlands, from sea level to the 1.000 meters above sea level.

In Comoros, the Vasa Parrot, generally, are associated with humid forests, always green, above the 300 m, but visit more open fields to feed.

Within its forest habitat, they are usually seen in the treetops, Although they descend to the ground to feed.

Usually found in small noisy groups, although they congregate in larger flocks when feeding or roosting.

The Vasa Parrot They perch on the top of large trees with at least one individual awake to warn of the danger; It is said that they are most active in the full moon nights.

Reproduction:

The breeding season, probably, of the months from October to December.

The nest It is built in a tree cavity or a trunk. In the western area of Madagascar, the baobabs trees (Adansonia) they are often used, sometimes with several nests in the same tree. These birds (especially the males) they can show cloacal protuberances while breeding.

Food:

Seeds, nuts, berries and fruits are part of their diet. Visit rice fields, millet and corn, causing, sometimes, extensive damage to crops. Apparently less frugivorous than the Black Parrot.

Distribution:

Size of its range (reproduction / resident): 928.000 km2

Endemic to Madagascar and Comoros Islands (Grand Comore, Mohéli, Anjouan).

The species is partly common, in some places abundant, but its distribution in Madagascar possibly contracted due to large-scale deforestation in the center of the island.

Officially treated as harmful species, the Vasa Parrot they are persecuted because of predation on crops (especially rice) and captured for the trade in live birds at national and international level. They are also hunted as food.

It is distributed in several protected areas and although his pursuit and capture is intense in some areas, apparently, the species still is not at risk.

Distribution 3 subspecies

Coracopsis vasa comorensis

(Peters,W, 1854) – Distributed between Grand Comore, Mohéli and Anjouan in the Comoros Islands

Coracopsis vasa drouhardi

(Lavauden, 1929) – Are distributed in the western part of Madagascar

Coracopsis vasa vasa

(Shaw, 1812) – Nominal species

Conservation:

• Current Red List of UICN: Least concern

• Population trend: Decreasing

As they are seen as crop pests, is legal to hunt at the Vasa Parrot in Madagascar, and high levels of hunting contributes to a rapid decline in its population.

Like many species of Madagascar, the loss of their forest habitat is also a threat.

The size of the world's population has not been quantified, but the species, according to sources, It quite common in many areas

"Vasa Parrot" in captivity:

Very rare in captivity, difficult to find in aviaries, perhaps because of its initial lack of spectacularity compared to the more striking colors of any other species of parrot.
Although Vasa Parrot they are not very common as pets, comments from owners praise its virtues as a companion animal.

It is an extremely Intelligent and cunning.
Its beak is not strong enough to destroy the hard wood.

During the breeding season, they are very assets and quite noisy.
The female is the dominant, It is recommended as well that the eclectus that for an optimal result in reproduction, two males and one female are used in small aviaries or a greater number of males than females in breeding by means of colonies.

By the time they enter zeal both the male and the female, drop you the feathers of the head practically bald and both players.
The skin of the female head becomes yellow and white male. They tend to put in 2 to 3 eggs that incubate for space of 17 days.

The pups they are born completely devoid of markers, their legs are too long to be parrots and another feature that makes them unique is that they have both sides of their beaks at the corners, some bumps with characteristics similar to some exotic

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In terms of their longevity, according to sources, a specimen lived 53,9 years in captivity.

Alternative names:

– Vasa Parrot, Greater Vasa Parrot, Greater Vasa-Parrot (English).
– Grand Vaza, Grand Perroquet vasa, Grand Vasa, Perroquet vaza (French).
– Vasapapagei, Großer Vasa, Vasa (German).
– Papagaio-vasa (Portuguese).
– Loro Vasa (español).

scientific classification:

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittaculidae
– Genus: Coracopsis
– Scientific name: Coracopsis vasa
– Citation: (Shaw, 1812)
– Protonimo: Psittacus Vasa

«Vasa Parrot» Images:

Videos "Vasa Parrot"

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«Them Vasa» (Coracopsis vasa)

Sources:

– Avibase
– Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M
– Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
– Birdlife
– ornitoloxia

– Photos:

(1) – Coracopsis vasa By 4028mdk09 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(2) – Greater Vasa Parrot in Madagascar By AEM (Picasa Web Albums) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(3) – Coracopsis vasa By 4028mdk09 (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
(4) – Greater Vasa Parrot (caracopsis vasa) in a Antwerp zoo By frank wouters from antwerpen, belgium , Belgium , Belgique (grote vasapapegaai) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(5) – Lesser vasa parrot (coracopsis nigra) in Anjajavy Forest, Madagascar By Charlesjsharp (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(6) – Parrots of the World, by Joseph Forshaw (illustrated by William T. Cooper)

– Sounds: Hans Matheve (Xeno-canto)

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Rosy-faced Lovebird
Agapornis roseicollis

Origin: Namibia, South Africa, Angola, Botswana

Character: Restless, assets, fleshy

Life expectancy: 20 years

Height: Of 15 to 18 cm..

Content

Description Rosy-faced Lovebird

Among 15 and 18 cm in length and a weight between 43 and 63 g..

The Rosy-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis) has the upperparts green, except in the rump and uppertail-coverts they are bright blue. The tail is green, but the side feathers are black base, orange-red edges and subterminal band black. The flight feather They have black tips.

The underparts They are pale green from the bottom of the chest up to the undertail-coverts. The feathers of the tail and flight feather son negruzcas.

The head, the forecrown and the part behind eyes They are red, while the face, the chin, the throat and the top chest They are pink.

The bill It is white with greenish-gray tint. The eyes are dark brown, surrounded by a eye ring white. The legs are grey.

Both sexes are similar.

The youth They are duller with forecrown green tinged with red rose. The face is pale pink to the top chest. The bill It has a black base.

Sound of the Rosy-faced Lovebird.

Subspecies description:

Agapornis roseicollis catumbella (Hall,BP 1952) – Brighter colors, with the front of the crown a dark red and the cheeks Bright color.

Agapornis roseicollis roseicollis (Vieillot, 1818) – The species nominal

Habitat Rosy-faced Lovebird

The Rosy-faced Lovebird frequents dry woodlands fields altitudes up to 1.500 m. Sub-desert steppes observed, wooded savannah with scattered forest cover, forest belts along rivers and farmland; often near standing water.

Usually, in flocks of 5 to 20 birds, although sometimes as many as several hundred may gather in areas where grass seeds ripen or near water sources.

They are very sociable and noisy, but also pretty tame. When resent, They fly to the nearest tree or vegetation, before returning quickly to the food source.

They used as roosts, nests Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) and the White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali). Birds huddle in small groups in branches when the weather is rather cool.

Reproduction Rosy-faced Lovebird

The Rosy-faced Lovebird can pair off from two months of age. The male wait until the female accepts him before approaching. She adopts a "ruffled" position when she is ready.. The male It provides food, while balancing the head to get his attention. Also head scratching, especially around peak. When the male tries his approach, gently slides his hand. You can try out the other side if female It is shown aggressive.

The Rosy-faced Lovebird they are monogamous.

Nest in rock crevices, human constructions, bridges or communal nests Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) and the White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali). The nest It is made of straw and branches, as well as some other materials such as pieces of bark, leaves and herbs, carried by the female rump feathers. The nest of the weavers carries no additional material added. The nests are communal.

The breeding season It has been recorded in the months Feb-Mar, April and October; most clutches seem to take place in the months of February-May.

The female lays 4-6 eggs. The incubation lasts a few 23 days, What does the female do alone?. It is fed by the male during this period.. The chicks are fed by regurgitation female, but it is the male who carries food. The period in the nest It is close to the 5-6 weeks, during which both parents feed the young. Flying around the age of 43 days.

Food Inseparable de Namibi

The Rosy-faced Lovebird they feed on, mainly, seed, sometimes taken directly from the soil, including grasses, Albizia and Acacia; usually they do visits to gardens to feed on sunflower seeds to cropland for him millet and the corn.

Sean is not considered a serious pest for crops because agriculture is scarce in the inhabited regions. They also eat flowers Albizia and other foliage plants, such as leaves of the genus Euphorbia. You can drink several times a day.

Distribution:

Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 774.000 km2

The Rosy-faced Lovebird They are endemic areas southwestern africa. In Angola, where the range of Rosy-faced Lovebird It is little known, The species is found in the region Sumba (perhaps further north) to the south, in parallel to the shore area through Namibia north of Cape, South Africa, extending from the east to the north. In Namibia to Lago Me, Botswana, although there are no recent records of the species there.

A sighting 1992 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, suggests little-known eastern limits or nomadic behavior.

The main population Rosy-faced Lovebird It is within 400 km of Atlantic coastline. Records in the ancient province of Transvaal They are considered leaks. There is a wild population in the sector Fish Hoek of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa.

Subspecies description:

Agapornis roseicollis catumbella (Hall,BP 1952) – Southwest Angola, with a population in the wild Kissama National Park Northwest of Angola.

Agapornis roseicollis roseicollis (Vieillot, 1818) – The species nominal

Conservation Rosy-faced Lovebird

• Current Red List of UICN: Least concern

• Population trend: Decreasing

The size of the world population Rosy-faced Lovebird It has not been quantified, but the species is described as locally common or even abundant in the vicinity of areas where water is abundant.

However it is suspected that the population of the Rosy-faced Lovebird can be in decline due to unsustainable levels of exploitation.

There has been a historic decline due to the capture and export of thousands of birds from Angola, This has contributed, to a large extent, a significant reduction in the population Rosy-faced Lovebird in the south of that country.

The Rosy-faced Lovebird in captivity:

The small Rosy-faced Lovebird It is a brilliant bird, joyful, Robust and gregarious. It is one of the most common parrots in captivity, along with the Budgerigar and Cockatiel, because of its ease of maintenance and reproduction.

Birds are considered easy, ideal for people who want to start breeding small parrots. The Rosy-faced Lovebird They can live in a large aviary cage outdoors, including winter. But, they will need to have a frost shelter to shelter in when it gets too cold outside.

Son active birds they like to fly. If they have to live in a cage, this will have to be wide and longer than high (birds are not helicopters). Ideally, the bird should be able to leave its cage for a while in order to be able to fly greater distances..

Contrary to popular belief, the Lovebirds They can perfectly live without a partner. Why do sellers try to sell both?, It is a purely financial maneuver. One Lovebirds only, will not die.

Similarly, when we say that a Lovebirds He will die of sadness when you lose your partner, It is once again a commercial argument. The bird can pass through a period of mourning during which try to call your partner / yy shouts, even more so when the other members of the aviary belong to another species.

All parrots are aves gregarias and they depend on the group to survive. A widow bird accept another partner, previous adaptation before sharing the same cage. It is possible however, two birds never understand (which it is rare, with the Lovebirds).
To end this belief, the "couples" of Lovebirds They not necessarily have to be of the opposite sex. Homosexual couples are common among Lovebirds.

His behavior with birds of their own species is quite good or very good, It is not the same for their behavior with other species: the Rosy-faced Lovebird are restless and vengeful birds. Coexistence with other species is totally discouraged by the vast majority of poultry farmers: the peak of a lovebird can easily cut your finger or injure another bird, smaller and more peaceful.

In general, the Rosy-faced Lovebird they are birds, relatively, easy to educate, provided that taken from young. Son tame birds, loving, playful, sleepers, large pet birds. The bite related to its small peak is still very painful, especially in the soft fingers of children.

It is permissible to say that males are better pet birds than females. The breeding females are often within their hormonal period, making them very territorial. A sweet female domesticated before sexual maturity can be very aggressive to the point of not being manipulated when in hormonal period. Once again, this does not affect all birds, because there are always exceptions.

In general, to the Lovebirds, They are not considered good speakers.

Not recommended for people with incompatible squeals.

No sexual dimorphism in this species. The only way to know the sex of the bird is to carry out a DNA test using a blood or feather sample..

It is not known much about the longevity of the Rosy-faced Lovebird. according to some sources They can live up to 34.1 years in captivity, It is plausible, but it has not been confirmed. Age of sexual maturity of 2 months to almost a year.

Due to the depletion of stocks, in poultry in the early 20th century, It will be started hybridize with other species, but thanks to some breeders are you has been able to preserve in its pure State.

Mutations Agapornis roseicollis

Mutations

Mutations.

There are over 500 mutations or combinations of different colored. Mutations in genes lead to changes in the pigments that give color pens, such as psittacin (red, yellow or orange) or eumelanin (black, brown) or variations on feather structure. They may be sex-linked recessive mutations (They depend on the sex of birds) or autosomal recessive and dominant (irrespective of gender). Among the sex-linked mutations have: ino (known the lutino. There have eumelanin), cinnamon (produce eumelanin brown instead of black), Balls (quantitative reduction of melanin 60 %) andopaline (red psittacine of the mask has spread from the back of the head, the rump is the same color as the body). Also shows some combinations as are the pallidino (Only males, -pallid gene on one X chromosome and ino gene on the other X chromosome) and canela-ino (It is given by crosslinking between cinnamon and ino on the same chromosome and can be male and female). In all these mutations, females never carry the mutation. Years ago, the cinnamon cinnamones were called Americans and Australians palids cinamones or Isabelas.

Consider several crossings (to better understand the sex-linked mutations):

Crossing 1: Green x lutino male female = green and lutino male carrying female lutinas
Crossing 2: Green male x female = green Lutina carriers lutino males and green females
Crossing 3: Green male carrying female green x lutino = green and green lutino male carriers, Green and females lutinas
Crossing 4: Green male carrying female lutino Lutina x = green and lutino male carriers lutinos, Green and females lutinas
Crossing 5: Lutina x lutino male female = male and female lutinas

As autosomal recessive mutations have:

aqua (reducing a yellow psittacine 50 %)
turquoise (reducing a yellow psittacine 80-90 %)
aquaturquesa (combination thereof)
edged dilute (reduction of eumelanin 50 % in the body, in the center of the back and wing feathers eumelanin it is lower than in the edge, it seems that feathers are trimmed)
dilute (reduction of eumelanin 80-90 %, having a green veil over the whole body)
bronze fallow (It presents grayish brown eumelanin and red eyes)
pale fallow (greyish brown eumelanin sparingly, light green eyes and red veil in the abdomen)
recessive harlequin (reduction of eumelanin 95 %, smaller mask)
orange face (psittacin mask and tail is orange rather than red)

In these mutations, both males and females can be carriers. To be transmitted, or both are carriers or join a carrier with a mutated. Years ago, to dilute edged was called golden cherry and if it was combined with aqua, aquaturquesa or turquoise, silver cherry o plata.

As we autosomal dominant mutations:

dominant harlequin (reduction eumelanin and randomly scattered throughout the body)
pale headed (psittacine of the mask and the tail is light orange pink. Hay SF,factor simple y DF, double factor, ie more or less mask dark)
dark factor (a change occurs in the structure of the pen, in the spongy zone, so they look darker. There SF and DF, naming as a factor D and DD for two)
purple (a change occurs in the structure of the pen, in the spongy zone. We have SF and DF. The ideal is to combine a dark factor)

As discussed above, both headed as pale as dark violet factor are dominant incomplete, so we say what the single and double factors. In these mutations is mutated or not is, no carriers and being transmitted need only one parent to the present.

Is a type of harlequin which it is transmitted to different recessive and dominant form, is the progressive harlequin or mottle. The harlequin is increasing as the bird will be more adult, as it is getting older.

The mutation bee does not exist in the A. roseicollis. We have the combination of turquoise with ino, if they go selecting, we can get a completely white bird with red eyes, what would look like albino.

Apart from all these mutations, There is a variety called Long Feathered, of larger size and colors sharper the ancestral. It was obtained through years of selection, according to some or emerged spontaneously in some aviary, according to others and from there they began to work with them. Something similar happened with mandarins (Poephila guttata), Giant calling mandarins. So the variety would call if they have achieved by selection and mutation if they have arisen spontaneously.

Once you view the different mutations must say that several cases can occur, that make possible the multiple existing color combinations. They may have a recessive mutation with a dominant (edged dilute violeta), two or more mutations at the same time (turquesa edged dilute violeta arlequin DD), and it can even happen to have two different mutations and make the other not appreciated (normal and lutino lutino D or DD are exactly the same visually).

Source: The bird aviary

Alternative names:

– Rosy-faced Lovebird, Peach-faced Lovebird, Rosy faced Lovebird, Rosyfaced Lovebird (English).
– Inséparable rosegorge, Inséparable à face rose, Inséparable roseicollis (French).
– Rosenköpfchen, Rosenpapagei (German).
– Inseparável-de-faces-rosadas (Portuguese).
– Inseparable de Cuello Rojo, Inseparable de Namibia, Agapornis Roseicollis, Inseparable de Cara Melocotón (español).

scientific classification:

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittaculidae
– Genus: Lovebirds
– Scientific name: Agapornis roseicollis
– Citation: (Vieillot, 1818)
– Protonimo: Psittacus roseicollis

Images Rosy-faced Lovebird:

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Species of the genus Agapornis

Agapornis canus – Inseparable Malgache;
Agapornis fischeri – Inseparable de Fischer;
Agapornis lilianae – Inseparable del Nyasa;
Agapornis nigrigenis – Inseparable Cachetón;
Agapornis personatus – Inseparable Cabecinegro;
Agapornis pullarius – Inseparable Carirrojo;
Agapornis roseicollis – Inseparable de Namibia;
Agapornis swinderniana – Inseparable Acollarado;
Agapornis taranta – Inseparable Abisinio.

Rosy-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis)

Sources:

– Avibase
– Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M
– Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
– Birdlife

– Photos:

(1) – Peach-faced Lovebird in Namibia, Africa By Alastair Rae from London, United Kingdom (Rosy-faced Lovebird) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(2) – Picture taken in the zoo of Wrocław (Poland) By Nicolas Guérin (messages) (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(3) – A pet chick By Toumoto：http://opi.toumoto.net (Self-photographed) [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(4) – Rosy-faced Lovebirds at Etosha National Park, Namibia By Brian Taylor from U.S.A (Rosy-faced Lovebirds) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(5) – Peach-faced Lovebirds (also known as the Rosy-faced Lovebird) eating seeds from a seed-block garden bird feeder in a garden in Scottsdale, Arizona, US By D. Patrick Lewis [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(6) – Mutation in roseicollis : opaline double dark factor By Roseicollis (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(7) – Turquoise mutation By Sergi Bio (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
(8) – Mutations in Agapornis roseicollis yellow machine-readable By No author provided. Ajit S.~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
(9) – Peach-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis). Pet on a perch. Shows blue rump feathers By Peter Békési (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

– Sounds: Andrew Spencer (Xeno-canto)

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Red-breasted Parakeet
Psittacula alexandri

Origin: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesian, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Thailand, Viet Nam

Character: Sociable

Life expectancy: 15 to 20 years.

Height: Of 33 to 38 cm..

Content

Description:

33 to 38 cm.. length between 133 and 168 g. of weight.

The Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) is a bird with a form attractive, thin, and with a long and narrow tail. Its plumage is green, the overall tone of the head is grey, the bill red, and with brands distinctive in the head and face. The area around the eyes is greenish, with a pretty bluish tint. It has a fine line along its forecrown and wide stripes in their cheeks. Plumage in the chest, the throat and the top abdomen is salmon-pink color, extending halfway from the vent.

The female It has a shade bluish through the region of the face. In general, they have a pink color more off above the chest and the feather half of its tail they are shorter than the of the male.

The immature birds they have the tail shorter, the bill Pink, and incomplete rays of the cheek they are easily distinguished.

Between the young birds hard identification between males and females, However, breeders have managed to identify them correctly. The head of the female bows in a more uniform manner from the cere to the rear of the head. The young males they tend to be flatter in the forecrown. The females They seem to have a face darker than blue.

Sound of the Red-breasted Parakeet.

Subspecies description

Subspecies

Psittacula alexandri abbotti

(Oberholser,1919) – Length: 36 cm.. Similar to the Psittacula alexandri fasciata (including sexual dimorphism in staining of the bill) but larger and paler.

Psittacula alexandri alexandri

(Linnaeus, 1758) – Species nominal

Psittacula alexandri cala

(Oberholser, 1912) – Length: 36 cm.. As the Psittacula alexandri fasciata but with the belly blue (especially in males), the upper part of the abdomen darker and the lores, forecrown and bottom of the abdomen strongly impregnated with the pale blue.

Psittacula alexandri dammermani

(Chasen & Kloss, 1932) – Length: 36 cm.. Perhaps, on average, larger that the Psittacula alexandri fasciata. The pink color of the chest It is darker than the species nominal. In the female, the pink color extends from the throat at the sides of the neck. The bill larger than that of the species nominal. Both jaws Red in both sexes.

Psittacula alexandri fasciata

(Statius Müller, 1776) – Length: 33 cm.. Upper chest and abdomen is dark pink with violet tone, the head is bluish-grey way more uniform. The areas of the eyes and forehead with greenish hue. The females, part of the difference of the bill, nor have the violet tonality in the pink of the chest.

Psittacula alexandri kangeanensis

(Hoogerwerf, 1962) – Length: 33 cm.. More grey the head (less blue). Bill larger than that of the species nominal and both jaws Red in both sexes.

Psittacula alexandri major

(Richmond, 1902) – It is more large, of 38 cm.. length. Similar to the Psittacula Alexandri Fasciata but something more pale and the head is without bluish tone gray.

Psittacula alexandri perionca

(Oberholser, 1912) – Length: 37 cm.. As the Psittacula alexandri fasciata (including sexual dimorphism in the coloration of the bill) but paler and larger, without the Green tint around the eyes.

Habitat:

Usually, they live below 2.000 m (rarely above 345 metres in Nepal) all types or forest and wooded areas, including dry forest, secondary-humid deciduous forest, mangroves, coconut and mango groves , areas planted with trees (including hills of shifting cultivation), parks and urban areas. In the region of the Himalaya avoids the dense green forests.

Gregaria, usually in flocks of 6-10 birds, less frequently in groups of 50 and very exceptionally in thousands, larger flocks during garbage collection (for example, the mango or rice), sometimes mixed with the Slaty-headed Parakeet wave Gray-headed Parakeet. They form communal roosts in the tall trees, bamboo or sugarcane scrub areas.

Reproduction:

The Red-breasted Parakeet nests in natural cavities or old hole made by woodpeckers or barbets, usually at a height between 3 and 10 m, often in loose colonies. The hole is filled with wood shavings.

The laying is of 2 to 4 eggs.

The breeding season is between December and April, Depending on the location and the altitude; in Java, breeding has been recorded in every month, except for April.

Food:

Diet Red-breasted Parakeet includes wild figs and other fruits, fruit trees and wild, flowers and nectar (especially, for example, of the Parkia speciosa and Erythrina variegata), dried fruits (for example, chestnuts Castanea), fruit (for example, Mango), berries, seeds (for example Albizia), leaves and cereals such as rice and corn, by causing serious damage to crops, especially for rice.

Distribution:

Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 2.570.000 km2

The Red-breasted Parakeet are distributed from the central area of the Himalaya until Indochina, China and West of Indonesian. From the lowlands of the Himalaya in the North of India, approximately to the East of Dehradun, through Nepal, Sikkim and North of Bhutan in the southwest of Yunnan, China; to the South by Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, India, until Bangladesh and to the East by Burma (including Mergui archipelago), Indochina, Malacca Peninsula, around 9°N (a record of 1889 in the Kelantan River at approximately 5°N suggests a contraction in its distribution) of Guangxi and Provinces of Canton and Hainan Island, to the South of China.

They are also distributed in Islas Andaman and Indonesian in Java, Bali, Karimun Java, Kangean, Borneo South (where it was probably introduced from Java) and Simeulue, Nias and Banyak, West of Sumatra.

Getaways captive birds eggs were found in Singapore and a single record (presumably an escape) in Hong Kong.

Resident but with some local movements dependent on food supply.

It is the most common parrot in some parts of its range., but with a substantial decrease in Thailand and Laos in recent years and local extinctions (for example, Java and Bali), because of the live poultry trade; the nominal subspecies may be at risk as a result of his capture. A small number in captivity out of range (mainly the nominal species and fasciata).

Subspecies distribution

Subspecies

Psittacula alexandri abbotti

(Oberholser,1919) – Islas Andaman

Psittacula alexandri alexandri

(Linnaeus, 1758) – Species nominal

Psittacula alexandri cala

(Oberholser, 1912) – Simeulue island, West of Sumatra

Psittacula alexandri dammermani

(Chasen & Kloss, 1932) – Karimunjawa Islands in the Java Sea, Indonesian

Psittacula alexandri fasciata

(Statius Müller, 1776) – Continental Asia from the North of India through the Himalaya lower, Burma including the Mergui archipelago, Thailand and Indochina to the South of China, including Hainan

Psittacula alexandri kangeanensis

(Hoogerwerf, 1962) – Kangean Islands in the Java Sea, Indonesian.

Psittacula alexandri major

(Richmond, 1902) – BABi and Lasia, West of Sumatra, Indonesian

Psittacula alexandri perionca

(Oberholser, 1912) – Island of Nias, West of Sumatra

Conservation:

State of conservation ⓘ
Near Threatened ⓘ (UICN)ⓘ

• Current Red List of UICN: Near-threatened

• Population trend: Decreasing

The population of the Red-breasted Parakeet It is suspected in a moderate to fast global decline, due to the unsustainable levels of exploitation and the destruction of their habitat. This suspicion is supported by widespread anecdotal evidence that in many parts of its range decreases.

Threats:

Red-breasted Parakeet

trade in live birds

Juniper and Parr 1998

– The hunt they are considered the main threats to the species in Nepal, where it is also threatened by the loss of forests (C. Inskipp and HS Baral in litt. 2011).

– His nasal voice makes the species a popular in Nepal cage bird, and their vocal habits during the breeding season, together with the tendency to form large flocks when not raising, they make susceptible to trappers. These factors lead to illegal hunting and his capture in protected areas; they are also persecuted by farmers due to their raids on crops (C. Inskipp and HS Baral in litt. 2013).

– Similarly, in Bangladesh, the species is captured for the cage bird trade It is also likely that they are affected by the removal of large trees (P. Thompson in litt. 2012).

– Almost the total disappearance of the species from the North of Laos, It is believed that it is mainly due to the loss of habitat through conversion to agriculture (JW Duckworth in litt. 2011).

– Loss and fragmentation of forests is likely to accelerate in Cambodia in the near future, given that many of the large agro-industrial concessions have been awarded recently (H. Rainey in some. 2011).

Conservation Actions:

Appendix II of CITES

– It is known that they occur in many protected areas, as the Royal Chitwan National Park, Bardiya National Park, Parsa Wildlife Reserve and Shukla Phanta Wildlife Reservel, Nepal (C. Inskipp and HS Baral in litt. 2013), and the Parque nacional Cat Tien, Viet Nam (C. Robson in litt. 2013).

"Red-breasted Parakeet" in captivity:

The Red-breasted Parakeet is a bird Smart and outgoing that is gaining increasing worldwide popularity. These parrots are sociable and playful, and if they are properly socialized, they can be a few excellent pets. They can be a bit aggressive and authoritarian, If it is not properly discipline. They need a good cage for a large size, with a lot of toys to avoid boredom.

Although this bird is linked with the Rose-ringed Parakeet, they are very different in personality. The Red-breasted Parakeet It is softer and not so noisy, although she has been described as "feisty". It is usually more quiet than other Psittacula. Also are great eaters and you accept easily new foods other birds may be thrown away.

You can get to imitate some sounds, even words, Although not as clear as the some of the larger parrots, example the Grey Parrot. But, according to some sources, they can speak more clearly than the Rose-ringed Parakeet.

Regular handling is important at an early age, since they can become aggressive, If not are well socialized and manipulated.

If you want a small Parrot with personality, the Red-breasted Parakeet It can be the ideal ave. But, It is still a "stubborn" and "stubborn" bird.. It is not surprising considering his intelligence. Obedience training is recommended. On the other hand it is one voracious chomping and should it be should provide plenty of toys to chew.

Like other parrots, need company, and if they will not be in an Aviary with other birds, We must be able and willing to spend large amounts of time with them.

In nature, this bird is often seen in flocks of 10 to 50 individuals. These flocks, often, they are heard before to be seen. This is a fact that must be taken into account before deciding to buy one Red-breasted Parakeet. Breeding females can be put in 3 to 4 eggs in each clutch, with an incubation approximately 22 days.

With regard to its longevity, according to sources, We need to know that a specimen lived 23,3 years in captivity.

Captive breeding:

The Red-breasted Parakeet commonly bred in captivity. They reach maturity between 2 and 3 years of age. The birds must be matched at a young age. The female can sometimes dominate males. The procession begins at the end of winter and the females can be seen calling males for food. In the wild they breed between the months of December and April, Although this is variable, Depending on the climate and altitude.

A thick-walled hollow trunk, It can be used as nest. If not available, any commercially available nesting box should suffice.

They require long aviaries, more than wide, due to its long tail and its type of flight (powerful, linear). Also like a protected breeding area. The entrance door to the Aviary must be on the opposite end. We must place leaves of Palm on the bird front and leafy branches on the back to protect the young fledged when they hit the walls of the Aviary and fall on your floor. If this is not done, many of the young people will die from injuries in the head or severely damage their hair. Young hatchlings do not have great control when they start to fly; they can be left with the parents during 9 months, but then you must be separated.

Diet during breeding It is very important. We can use sunflower seeds germinated, soaked chickpeas, Apple diced, celery, raw or boiled corn and green feed. Supplementation with multiple vitamins and liquid calcium is especially important prior to egg laying..

Alternative names:

– Red-breasted Parakeet, Banded Parakeet, Bearded Parakeet, Indian Red-breasted Parakeet, Moustached Parakeet, Pink-breasted Parakeet, Red breasted Parakeet, Rose-breasted Parakeet (English).
– Perruche à moustaches (French).
– Bartsittich, Rosenbrustsittich (German).
– Periquito-de-bigode (Portuguese).
– Cotorra de Pecho Rosado, Cotorra Pechirroja (español).

scientific classification:

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittaculidae
– Genus: Psittacula
– Scientific name: Psittacula alexandri
– Citation: (Linnaeus, 1758)
– Protonimo: Psittacus alexandri

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Especies del género Psittacula

Psittacula finschii
Psittacula himalayana
Psittacula roseata
—- Psittacula roseata juneae
—- Psittacula roseata roseata
Psittacula cyanocephala
Psittacula alexandri
—- Psittacula alexandri abbotti
—- Psittacula alexandri alexandri
—- Psittacula alexandri cala
—- Psittacula alexandri dammermani
—- Psittacula alexandri fasciata
—- Psittacula alexandri kangeanensis
—- Psittacula alexandri major
—- Psittacula alexandri perionca
Psittacula derbiana
Psittacula longicauda
—- Psittacula longicauda defontainei
—- Psittacula longicauda longicauda
—- Psittacula longicauda modesta
—- Psittacula longicauda nicobarica
—- Psittacula longicauda tytleri
Psittacula columboides
Psittacula calthrapae
Psittacula eupatria
—- Psittacula eupatria Avensis
—- Psittacula eupatria eupatria
—- Psittacula eupatria magnirostris
—- Psittacula eupatria nipalensis
—- Psittacula eupatria siamensis
Parrots wardi
Psittacula krameri
—- Psittacula krameri borealis
—- Psittacula krameri krameri
—- Psittacula krameri manillensis
—- Psittacula krameri parvirostris
Psittacula eques
—- Parrot knight knight†
—- Psittacula eques echo
Parrots
Psittacula caniceps

Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)

Sources:

– Avibase
– Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M
– Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
– Birdlife

– Photos:

(1) – Moustached Parakeet in the Walsrode Bird Park, Germany By Quartl (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(2) – Red-breasted Parakeet at Brooklands Zoo, New Plymouth, New Zealand By Dave Young (originally posted to Flickr as bird) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(3) – Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri fasciata). Coutrtship – male on right. Changi Village, Singapore. 2 January 2006 By Lip Kee Yap [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(4) – Moustached Parakeet in the Walsrode Bird Park, Germany By Quartl (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(5) – Female of Red-Breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) at Bangkok, Thailand By Jason Thompson (Flickr: Red-Breasted Parakeet (Female)) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(6) – Plate from Zoological illustrations, Volume 1, 2nd series By William Swainson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

– Sounds: Peter Ericsson (Xeno-canto)

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Red-bellied Macaw
Orthopsittaca manilatus

Origin: Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

Character: Activos

Life expectancy: 40 years.

Height: 50 to 51 cm..

Content

Description:

50 to 51 cm.. length and a weight between 292 and 390 g.

The Red-bellied Macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus) is a medium-sized Macaw; has the forecrown and crown a bright blue, gradually faded to blue-green color in the area of the nape and on both sides of the neck. The the mantle and scapulars are green grass with impregnations color olive and yellow edges, producing, altogether, a flaky effect; the back and rump are green grass, with some feathers tipped pale bluish. The uppertail-coverts grass-green. The lesser and median coverts green grass impregnated with green olive with yellowish margins; alula and primary coverts green with vane outer blue; large inner coverts green.

The flight feather bordered with blue and green tips. Under, the wings with coverts yellowish-green and flight feather yellowish. The feathers of the throat and top of the chest are pale grey blue in the Center and yellowish-green in the margins; those of the lower area of the chest and top of the belly without tones pale in the Center, but with some feathers with margins off dark red; belly dark red; undertail-coverts bluish green. Upper, the tail green color in the Center with yellowish margins; upor down yellow.

Bill black; nude part of lores and cheeks yellowish white; irises dark brown; legs dark gray.

Sexes similar, the males, possibly, bigger.

Immature clear tip in the bill and smaller patch of dark red color of the belly.

Sound of the Red-bellied Macaw.

Habitat:

Lives in Savanna and flooded forest, where there are Palm trees, in altitudes close to the 500 m. Very dependent from the Palma de moriche or aguaje (Mauritia flexuosa), which feeds, staying almost invisible due to its Green plumage.

Occasionally wander in by cultivated areas and have been in the mangroves.

gregarious, flocks of more of 100 observed birds. Usually, they rest in the branches of the Mauritia Palms, where they remain hidden among the foliage of leaves.

Reproduction:

They nest in holes of las palmas dead found near or surrounded by water, often use the nests of the Orange-winged Parrot (Amazona amazonica), of Trinidad and Tobago.

The breeding season is from February to September in Trinidad and Tobago; from February to may in Colombia; from February to June in Guyana. The size of the put is of 2 to 6 eggs with a period of incubation of approximately 27 days. The young begin to feather already in the eleventh week. Take an average of 2 to 3 years to mature, remaining during that period very close to their parents.

Food:

Usually feeds on the fruits of the Palm tree Mauritia flexuosa they are present during the season dry when other fruits are scarce, as well as other palm trees such as Roystonea oleracea and Euterpe.

The Red-bellied Macaw communicate with each other with calls when there is a localized food source.

They roost in Palm trees full of fruit and used its beak to peel hard fruits to expose the pulp. Son, unlike most parrots, seed predators, but partially, since they eat the fruit, leaving intact the endocarpio (Darnell and Bergstrom 2002; Janzen 1981; Kristosh and Marcondes Machado-2001).

Some lick attempt to fly with the seed at its peak, and unintentionally may fall between two palm trees. Seed drop and feeding behavior, in order to avoid damaging the seed, It makes these macaws and other psittacidas agents of seed dispersal.

Distribution:

Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 7.150.000 km2

The Red-bellied Macaw is distributed to the North of South America to the East of the Andes.

In Colombia its range is from Goal and West of Vaupés until Putumayo and amazon, spreading northeast of Venezuela until Trinidad and Tobago and Guianas, where apparently, they are restricted to coastal areas.

Are distributed to the East of Ecuador, Northeast of Peru, North of Bolivia and much of the Brazilian Amazon, to the East of For and from the West of Bay and Goiás until Mato Grosso. Apparently absent most of Venezuela and North of the Amazon basin of Brazil, in the basin of the Black river.

A small population reported in the North of São Paulo, Brazil.

Probably residents in some areas, although migratory in others, for example, in the Northwest of Bolivia, where been observed have to these macaws in the months of September to November, being absent from November to January.

Share on a local scale; the distribution is closely related to the palms of Mauritia. Probably stable population. But, in the northeast of Brazil fruit Mauritia It is used in the manufacture of confectionery products and the trunks of the palms for some construction purposes..

Rare in captivity.

Conservation:

• Red List category of the UICN current: Least concern.

• Population trend: Stable.

Global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as quite common.

The populations of the Red-bellied Macaw they depend of the Palms Mauritia for food and nesting. These trees are widely used for construction, and that is why you can have bad consequences for the future of the species.

These birds are threatened by the felling of these Palm trees and capture for the pet trade. But, This species tends to be common in most of their habitats, with the exception of Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela, where it is threatened by Habitat loss.

"Red-bellied Macaw" in captivity:

Rare bird cage.

It is extremely difficult to keep these birds alive in captivity., because, mainly, to your excitable personality, and its diet low in fat and high in carbohydrates.

The export and import for the pet trade often brings with it a mortality of the 100%; captive-bred chicks have a very low survival rate. A high percentage die at an early age kidney disease. Its acquisition as a pet is very questionable.

The only country that exports these birds in recent years is Guyana.

Due to the lack of commercial availability of nuts of moriche Palm, peeled unsalted peanuts have been used as a staple in the diet of these birds in captive. They should not be fed with the typical commercial seed, especially fat seeds such as of the Sunflower.

A nutritional analysis of the natural diet of the Red-bellied Macaw He revealed that this was made up of high levels of beta carotene, of carbohydrates and zero fat. This explains its propensity to obesity in captivity. Almost all parrots usual diets are too high in fat content, with what the Vitamin A supplements in the form of beta carotene they are essential.

Deficiencies of Vitamin A are usually made to notice very quickly, giving rise to many serious diseases, being able to get to many of them deadly.

The beta carotene is the only way Vitamin A that do not require fat to be absorbed. The successful reproduction This species only has been able to achieve by adjusting your diet.

The pups fed by hand are much quieter than adults and are able to metabolize fat more efficiently than adults. Once weaned, they remain in need of a very low fat diet.

There are no data of your longevity in captivity, Although in nature, possibly, they can live around the 40 years.

Is not a bird to keep in captive. A responsible attitude should be to place these beautiful birds in breeding programs so that future generations can enjoy them..

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Alternative names:

– Red-bellied Macaw, Red bellied Macaw, Small Red-bellied Macaw (English).
– Ara macavouanne, Ara à ventre rouge (French).
– (German).
– Maracanã-do-buriti, arararana, ararinha, maracanã-de-cara-amarela (Portuguese).
– Guacamaya Buchirroja, Guacamayo Ventrirrojo, Maracaná de Vientre Rojo (español).
– Guacamayita morichalera, Guacamaya Buchirroja (Colombia).
– Guacamayo barriga roja, Perico morichalero (Venezuela).
– Guacamayo ventrirrojo (Ecuador).
– Maracaná ventrirroja, Parabachi de palmar (Bolivia).
– Evaí (Chimani).
– Ararinha (tupi).
– Quequeto (Guahibo).
– Ectoa (Barasana).

scientific classification:

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittacidae
– Genus: Orthopsittaca
– Scientific name: Orthopsittaca manilatus
– Citation: (Boddaert, 1783)
– Protonimo: Psittacus manilatus

Images Red-bellied Macaw:

Videos "Red-bellied Macaw"

MARACANÃ-DO-BURITI (ORTHOPSITTACA MANILATA), RED-BELLIED MACAW, Yellow-faced Maracanã, Arararan. Watch this video on YouTube.

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«Ventrirrojo Guacamayo» (Orthopsittaca manilatus)

Sources:

Avibase

Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M

Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr

Birdlife

Wikipedia

Photos:

(1) – Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittaca manilata in Goiânia, Brazil By A C Moraes (originally posted to Flickr as Tocci) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(2) – Two Red-bellied Macaws flying near the Amerindian Reservation of Santa Mission, Guyana By Feroze Omardeen [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(3) – A little girl in San Martin, Peru with a pet juvenile Red-bellied Macaw on her right shoulder By Michael Nickel (originally posted to Flickr as girl with lorito) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(4) – Buchirroja Guacamaya ( Orthopsittaca manilatus) by Marcello Magnussen – wiki_aves_colombia
(5) – Buriti maracana chicks in the nest, Orthopsittaca manilatus by Osvaldo Scalabrini

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White-eyed Parakeet
Psittacara leucophthalmus

Origin: Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay

Character: Curious

Life expectancy: Of 25 years.

Height: 32 cm..

Content

Description:

Of 32 cm. length and a weight between 140 and 170 g..
The White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus) has the head dark green with small scattered red feathers, especially in the area of the lores, cheeks, sides neck and throat. The head and nape Some birds are almost entirely green, others have solid red spots in the cheeks, with numerous scattered red feathers elsewhere.

The upperparts are dark green, with one or two scattered red feathers. Upper, the wings dark green, with a little red in the curve; undertail, with golden brown flight feathers, the outer red and green small coverts inner; Yellow large coverts external and green internal.

The underparts Green with scattered red feathers on the throat and the chest, sometimes forming irregular patches. Upper, the tail dark green; Brown down.

The bill hooked is color Horn and its gray tip; bare periophthalmic grayish white; irises yellow-orange; legs grey.

The plumage of the male and the female, they are identical.

The immature they have more muted colors; some feathers Red in the head, No red in the bend of wing and olive in the underwing-coverts outermost.

Sound of the White-eyed Parakeet.

Subspecies description:

Psittacara leucophthalmus callogenys

(Salvadori, 1891) – They have head, neck and throat, green grass dark with small feathers red color above the cheeks. The the mantle, the wing-coverts, the tail and primary feathers of the tail are dark green. The lower part of the chest and flanks of the body are green clear. The feathers largest of the wings and secondaries are dark green with a grey reflection at the ends. Smaller feathers of the wings and the area of the wing curvature are bright red; small coverts feathers are red; the feathers of the greater coverts are yellow. The top of the large feathers of the tail are dark green, the underparts is olive green.

The eyes are black with the irises orange-brown. The bare periophthalmic is grayish white. Bill color horn, the sides and the tip of the upper part are dark gray. Legs brownish grey, black nails.

On average largest the species nominal with the bill more robust. Birds in the West have a green dark.

Psittacara leucophthalmus leucophthalmus

(Statius Müller, 1776) – The species nominal.

Psittacara leucophthalmus nicefori

(Meyer de Schauensee, 1946) – Similar to the species nominal, except for having a red frontal band.

Habitat:

Video – "White-eyed Parakeet" (Psittacara leucophthalmus) Calacante de Ala Roja Psittacara leucophthalmus. Watch this video on YouTube.

The White-eyed Parakeet It is in a great range of forest habitats and forests, mainly in lowlands, even if they manage to reach altitudes of 1.700 meters in the Ecuador and 2.500 meters in Bolivia.

In the Amazon, they are in tropical rainforests, mostly along the rivers (including the forests and marshes), in scattered areas of woodland and in land grown in wetlands, mangroves, sheets and the forests of Palms in the Guianas, chaco types of forests in the South of its range, gallery forests and alluvial forests in Bolivia.

The White-eyed Parakeet they are highly gregarious, they form flocks, usually, hundreds of birds (usually up to 90), covering large expanses between the roosts and feeding areas.

In the Amazon, in general, birds travel along the banks of rivers, crossing also large tracts of forest to reach the meanders and hidden Marsh.

They form large community groups to sleep in trees, sugar cane fields and caves.

Associated with the Blue-crowned Conure (Psittacara acuticaudatus), the Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus), the Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus) and
Crimson-bellied Parakeet (Pyrrhura perlata), in mixed flocks, especially while they forage.

Reproduction:

The nest It consists of a natural cavity in a tree, often a palma, but also in limestone caves in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The female usually deposits there 3 white eggs, What incubates alone during 24 or 25 days. During this time, It is fed by the male. At birth the chicks are completely naked, a gray marker appears at the end of the first week. Son fed by parents for approximately 6 weeks, those that leave the nest and get together with the family group. are still dependent parents during 2 to 3 months.

The breeding season It has been reported in the months of November-December, in Argentina; July-August, in the East of Peru; From January to April, Mato Grosso; in Guianas during the month of February.

Food:

The diet of this species depends on the habitat, including a variety of dried fruits, seeds, fruit, berries, flowers and insects.

In general, they feed in the canopy, Although also feed on of grass seeds. Other reported foods include fruits of Palms and Goupia glabra, Tetragastris altissima and Allantoma lineata, as well as flowers Erythrina and ficus.

Distribution:

Size of its range (reproduction / resident): 13200000 km2

The White-eyed Parakeet are widespread in much of the North of South America, to the East of the Andes, to the North of Argentina.

Are distributed from the West of the Guianas (absent from Guyana), through Venezuela, from Anzoátegui and Monagas through the Delta Amacuro, until Bolívar and amazon, and up to the Colombian Amazon, to the North of the Department of the Goal. They live in much of Ecuador and Peru.

Extend through the entire interior of Brazil and possibly reach the coast of São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul (absent in the arid zones of the Northeast, mountainous areas of the northern basin of the amazon in Brazil and Venezuela, and the basin of the Black river in Brazil and Colombia).

Are also distributed to the East of Bolivia through Paraguay until Argentina, to the South of Santa Fe and Between rivers (possibly in the North of Buenos Aires), including Tucumán and Catamarca (There are no recent reports in Catamarca or Santa Fe, While reports of Santiago del Estero, Córdoba and San Luis they are probably incorrect).

Narosky and Di Giacomo (1993) they consider that the population in the city of Buenos Aires and its surroundings possibly originated from specimens escaped from captivity, i.e. released or escaped pet, owners or traffickers of fauna.

Observed in the highest parts of Uruguay.

In general resident, Although some seasonal movements seem to occur in some areas. The most numerous in the center of the range, the least, at the edges. Locally abundant in the Amazon central and Mato Grosso, Brazil, as well as in the east of Peru. common in Colombia. Quite common in the forests of the coast of Suriname and in the gallery forests of Santa Cruz in Bolivia. Unevenly distributed in the North of Bolivia, where it is described as common to rare. common in Argentina, especially in the North.

The Aratinga Ojiblanca It adapts easily to the degradation and urban areas, long as no sources of food and nesting places (ceilings and other cavities) and this occurs in several cities.

Large captive population with high volume of international trade, in particular from Argentina, where the species, Perhaps, is being threatened due to the capture.

Subspecies distribution:

Psittacara leucophthalmus callogenys

(Salvadori, 1891) – It is from Ecuador, Northeast of Peru and Northwest of Brazil.

Psittacara leucophthalmus leucophthalmus

(Statius Müller, 1776) – The species nominal.

Psittacara leucophthalmus nicefori

(Meyer de Schauensee, 1946) – Its validity is based on a single specimen found in an area around Guaicaramo in the guavio river, Department of the Goal, Colombia.

Conservation:

• Red List category of the UICN current: Least concern

• Population trend: Decreasing

The size of the world population White-eyed Parakeet It has not been quantified, but this species is described as «common» (Stotz et to the., 1996).

The species has undergone intense trade: from 1981, When it was included in the Appendix II, 60.207 individuals have been captured in the wild, registered for the international trade (UNEP-WCMC trade database CITES, January 2005).

"White-eyed Parakeet" in captivity:

The White-eyed Parakeet they are among the best talkers within the family Aratinga. Well socialized they can become a good companions. Rarely are destructive and usually they are not pijas, they often take the choice to imitate human speech in place. Personality always varies from bird to bird, but they are generally known to be very playful and curious.

Imported birds are, mostly, shy and take time to gain confidence with their caregiver.

Alternative names:

– White-eyed Parakeet, White-eyed Conure, Green Conure, White eyed Parakeet (English).
– Conure pavouane, Perriche pavouane, Perruche pavouane (French).
– Pavuasittich (German).
– Aratinga-de-bando, araguaí, araguari, aratinga, arauá-i, aruaí, guira-juba, maracanã, maracanã-malhada, maricatã, periquitão-maracanã (Portuguese).
– Aratinga Ojiblanca, Calacante ala roja, Calancate Ala Roja, Loro Barranquero, Loro de ala roja, Loro Maracaná, Maracaná ala roja, Perico Ojiblanco, Periquito Verde (español).
– Calacante ala roja, Calancate Ala Roja, Loro de ala roja (Argentina).
– Loro ojiblanco, Perico Ojiblanco (Colombia).
– Cotorra de Ojo Blanco (Peru).
– Maracaná ala roja (Paraguay).
– Loro Barranquero, Loro Maracaná (Uruguay).
– Perico Ojo Blanco (Venezuela).

scientific classification:

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittacidae
– Genus: Psittacara
– Scientific name: Psittacara leucophthalmus
– Citation: (Statius Müller, 1776)
– Protonimo: Psittacus leucophthalmus

White-eyed Parakeet images:

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Species of the genus Psittacara

Psittacara holochlorus
—- Psittacara holochlorus brewsteri
—- Psittacara holochlorus holochlorus
Psittacara acuticaudatus
—- Psittacara acuticaudatus acuticaudatus
—- Psittacara acuticaudatus koenigi
—- Psittacara acuticaudatus neoxenus
—- Psittacara acuticaudatus haemorrhous
Psittacara brevipes
Psittacara rubritorquis
Psittacara strenuus
Psittacara wagleri
—- Psittacara wagleri frontatus
—- Psittacara wagleri minor
—- Psittacara wagleri transilis
—- Psittacara wagleri wagleri
Psittacara mitratus
—- Psittacara mitratus chlorogenys
—- Psittacara mitratus mitratus
—- Psittacara mitratus tucumanus
Psittacara erythrogenys
Psittacara finschi
Psittacara leucophthalmus
—- Psittacara leucophthalmus callogenys
—- Psittacara leucophthalmus leucophthalmus
—- Psittacara leucophthalmus nicefori
Psittacara euops
Psittacara chloropterus
—- Psittacara chloropterus chloropterus
—- Psittacara chloropterus maugei †

Sources:

Avibase
Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M
Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
Birdlife

Photos:

(1) – White-eyed Parakeet (also known as the White-eyed Conure) in Piraju, Sao Paulo, Brazil By Dario Sanches [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(2) – White-eyed Parakeet at the aviary at the Mayaguez Zoo in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico By Kati Fleming (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(3) – A White-eyed Parakeet in Reserva Guainumbi, Sao Luis do Paraitinga, Sao Paulo, Brazil By Dario Sanches from Sao Paulo, Brazil [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(4) – Barao do Rio Branco square, Serra Negra-SP By Dario Sanches [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(5) – White-eyed Parakeet (also known as White-eyed Conure) in Goiania, Goiás, Brazil By Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(6) – White-eyed Conure (Aratinga leucophthalmus) – upper body, neck and face. In captivity in the Parrot’s Garden (Jardim dos Louros), in the Botanical Garden of Funchal, Madeira island, Portugal By jmaximo [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(7) – White-eyed From The Crossley ID Guide Eastern Birds By Richard Crossley (Richard Crossley) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(8) – White-eyed Conure, also called White-eyed Parakeet, in Brazil By Dario Sanches [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(9) – Couple of white-eyed parakeets (Aratinga elucophthalma). Spotted in Sao Carlos, Brazil By Leoadec (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

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El Oro Parakeet
Pyrrhura orcesi

Origin: Ecuador

Character: ----

Life expectancy: ----

Height: 23 to 24 cm..

Content

Description:

22 cm. of long and 73 g. of weight.

The El Oro Parakeet (Pyrrhura orcesi) is a bird relatively striking, with mostly green plumage. Has the forecrown red; feathers on the sides of the neck with the white base; Red patch from the shoulder up to the half of the wing , end of the wing blue (more visible in flight), tail above with a reddish tint and below completely red except the base.

Beak and legs blackish.

The females It is thought that less red have around the face.

the youth they are generally paler and lack much of the red marks that are seen in adults.

Sound of the El Oro Parakeet.

Habitat:

It inhabits in the very humid tropical forest between 800-1.200 m (occasionally at altitudes as low as 300 m). It has been reported that he tolerates some habitat fragmentation (Schaefer and Schmidt 2003). Performs seasonal movements. Are usually distributed in groups of 4-15, Although it has been observed in flocks of up to 60 birds. They may be closely related with the Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pacific) (Pyrrhura melanura pacifica) and the Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura)

The rest sites They seem to change frequently and are generally located between 2 and 24 meters above the ground, in natural cavities in trees or open branches.

It is extremely noisy and conspicuous when flying.

Reproduction:

As is a species discovered recently, very little is known about its ecology.

Seems to prefer the Dacryodes peruviana family Burseraceae for nest (Garzon 2007), and communal, sharing the tasks of incubation between several birds, Although a couple exhibited a behavior of pre-anidamiento in the cavity of a small tree Meliaceae in 1997 (Snyder et to the. 2000), and reported nests in natural cavities of 1,8-24 m above the ground in a variety of tree species (Schaefer and Schmidt 2003).

The time of incubation is of approximately 31 days.

The main breeding station seems to be between November and March (Garzon 2007), although it is difficult to specify because with the effects of 'El Niño' they mate between December and January.

Movements seasonal altitudinal down to forests have been reported in the Buenaventura reserve (T. Schaefer in litt., 2007).

Food:

Discreetly feeding in the canopy, composing your diet of various fruits (including fig Ficus spp.), Fruits and flowers Cecropia (Snyder et to the., 2000).

Distribution:

Size distribution (reproduction / resident) 750 km2

The El Oro Parakeet is an endemic bird. They inhabit in the western slope of the Andes, in the southwest of Ecuador (in Cañar, Azuay, Gold and Loja), where was discovered in 1980.

Apparently, its population is limited to an area of only 100 km from North to South, and a maximum of 5-10 km wide (Juniper and Parr 1998), with its highly fragmented Habitat and with a population estimated in less than 1.000 individuals (Garzon 2007).

Its population in the town of Buenaventura has remained stable since 2002-2007 (Juniper and Parr 1998), estimated in 171 birds in period 2005-2006 (2007 Garzon, HM Schaefer in litt. 2012).

Conservation:

State of conservation ⓘ
critically endangered ⓘ (UICN)ⓘ

• Current category of the Red List of the UICN: In danger of extinction

• Population trend: In decline.

The El Oro Parakeet is in danger of extinction due to deforestation and extreme forest fragmentation for cattle ranching, What causes the habitat degradation. This degradation destroy sites of nesting and feeding that these birds need to survive and reproduce at a healthy pace.

Population estimated in less than 1.000 individuals.

The habitat limited only to the Andes, to the West of Ecuador and because of this, sensitivity to the destruction of the Habitat is very heavy. Protection for some of the habitat of this species has been established in the Book ecological Buenaventura. In reserves, bird houses have been built in trees to help promote reproduction and has had some success. Other projects have been proposed to evaluate the size of the population.

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Watch this video on YouTube.

"El Oro Parakeet" in captivity:

Don't usually see in the poultry farming.

Alternative names:

– El Oro Parakeet, El Oro Conure (English).
– Conure d’Orcés, Conure d’Orcès, Perruche d’El Oro (French).
– Orcessittich, Orces Sittich, Orces-Sittich (German).
– Tiriba-do-el-oro (Portuguese).
– Cotorra de El Oro, Perico de orcés (español).

scientific classification:

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittacidae
– Genus: Pyrrhura
– Scientific name: Pyrrhura orcesi
– Citation: Ridgely & Robbins, 1988
– Protonimo: Pyrrhura orcesi

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Especies del género Pyrrhura

Pyrrhura cruentata
Pyrrhura devillei
Pyrrhura frontalis
—- Pyrrhura frontalis chiripepe
—- Pyrrhura frontalis frontalis
Pyrrhura lepida
—- Pyrrhura lepida anerythra
—- Pyrrhura lepida coerulescens
—- Pyrrhura lepida lepida
Pyrrhura perlata
Pyrrhura molinae
—- Pyrrhura molinae australis
—- Pyrrhura molinae flavoptera
—- Pyrrhura molinae hypoxantha
—- Pyrrhura molinae molinae
—- Pyrrhura molinae phoenicura
—- Pyrrhura molinae restricta
Pyrrhura pfrimeri
Pyrrhura griseipectus
Pyrrhura leucotis
Pyrrhura picta
—- Pyrrhura picta caeruleiceps
—- Pyrrhura picta eisenmanni
—- Pyrrhura picta picta
—- Pyrrhura picta subandina
Pyrrhura emma
Pyrrhura amazonum
—- Pyrrhura amazonum amazonum
—- Pyrrhura amazonum lucida
—- Pyrrhura amazonum snethlageae
Pyrrhura lucianii
Pyrrhura roseifrons
—- Pyrrhura roseifrons dilutissima
—- Pyrrhura roseifrons roseifrons
—- Pyrrhura roseifrons parvifrons
—- Pyrrhura roseifrons peruviana
Pyrrhura viridicata
Pyrrhura egregia
—- Pyrrhura egregia egregia
—- Pyrrhura egregia obscura
Pyrrhura melanura
—- Pyrrhura melanura berlepschi
—- Pyrrhura melanura chapmani
—- Pyrrhura melanura melanura
—- Pyrrhura melanura pacifica
—- Pyrrhura melanura souancei
Pyrrhura orcesi
Pyrrhura albipectus
Pyrrhura rupicola
—- Pyrrhura rupicola rupicola
—- Pyrrhura rupicola sandiae
Pyrrhura calliptera
Pyrrhura hoematotis
—- Pyrrhura hoematotis hoematotis
—- Pyrrhura hoematotis immarginata
Pyrrhura rhodocephala
Pyrrhura hoffmanni
—- Pyrrhura hoffmanni gaudens
—- Pyrrhura hoffmanni hoffmanni

El Oro Parakeet (Pyrrhura orcesi)

Sources:

Avibase

Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M

Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr

Birdlife

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Perico description of Barnard

Two species were traditionally recognized in the genus Barnardius, Barnardius zonarius and Barnardius barnardi, but both hibridaban in the contact area and are currently considered a single species.

Taxonomic status:

Sound of the Mallee Ringneck.

Subspecies Barnardius barnardi

Barnardius barnardi barnardi

Barnardius barnardi whitei

Barnardius barnardi macgillivrayi

Barnard's Parakeet Habitat:

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«Barnard's Parakeet» Distribution:

Subspecies B distribution. barnardi

Barnardius barnardi barnardi

Barnardius barnardi whitei

Barnardius barnardi macgillivrayi

Conservation «Barnard's Parakeet»:

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Images "Mallee Ringneck"

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«Barnard's Perico» (Barnardius barnardi)

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"Orange-bellied Parrot" in captivity:

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«Orange-bellied Parakeet» (Neophema chrysogaster)

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Description

Description 3 subspecies

Coracopsis vasa comorensis

Coracopsis vasa drouhardi

Coracopsis vasa vasa

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Distribution 3 subspecies

Coracopsis vasa comorensis

Coracopsis vasa drouhardi

Coracopsis vasa vasa

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"Vasa Parrot" in captivity:

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«Them Vasa» (Coracopsis vasa)

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Description Rosy-faced Lovebird

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Habitat Rosy-faced Lovebird

Reproduction Rosy-faced Lovebird

Food Inseparable de Namibi

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Conservation Rosy-faced Lovebird

The Rosy-faced Lovebird in captivity:

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Images Rosy-faced Lovebird:

Videos "Rosy-faced Lovebird"

Rosy-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis)

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Description:

Psittacula alexandri abbotti

Psittacula alexandri alexandri

Psittacula alexandri cala

Psittacula alexandri dammermani

Psittacula alexandri fasciata