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Spectacled Parrotlet
Forpus conspicillatus

Origin: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
Character: Sweet and funny
Life expectancy: 20 to 25 years
Height: 12,7 to 13,9 cm..

Spectacled Parrotlet

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Description:

Spectacled Parrotlet

12,7 to 13,9 cm.. height.

The male of the Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) has a yellowish green forehead extending the cheeks and to the throat.

The underparts They are slightly off in colouration, with a bluish gray suffusion in chest. The area surrounding the eyes It is cobalt blue. The wings and upperparts is dark green, with the back and rump blue-violet color, with a darker shade on own rear.

The bill Pink is white. The legs They are pink. The irises is dark brown.

the colors of the female they are duller in terms of the general coloring. Their upperparts They are brighter, with the area around the eyes, emerald green. The underparts They are more yellowish green.

Description 3 subspecies:

  • Forpus conspicillatus caucae

    (Chapman, 1915) – It is paler and blue around the eyes is lighter and is just behind these.


  • Forpus conspicillatus conspicillatus

    (Lafresnaye, 1848) – Nominal.


  • Forpus conspicillatus metae

    (Borrero & Hernandez-Camacho, 1961) – Blue around eyes It is very small.

Habitat:

It is very common. It is found in varied ecosystems, patches of forest, clear with scattered trees, cultivated areas, from 200 m to 1800 m (migrate attitudinally up 2600 metres in Bogotá). They are noisy flocks of more of 120 individuals.

Reproduction:

Nest in postholes and termiteros.

Food:

Feeds on grass and weed seeds, fruit, berries, flowers and buds.

Distribution:

Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 822.000 km2

Patchy and discontinuous distribution. east of Panama, Colombia and West of Venezuela.

Distribution 3 subspecies:

  • Forpus conspicillatus caucae

    (Chapman, 1915) – Southwest of Colombia, to the West of the Andes (Cauca and Nariño); possibly west of Ecuador.


  • Forpus conspicillatus conspicillatus

    (Lafresnaye, 1848) – Nominal. From the tropical eastern Panama north central Colombia.


  • Forpus conspicillatus metae

    (Borrero & Hernandez-Camacho, 1961) – Slope of the Andes of Colombia to the west end of Venezuela.

Conservation:

State of conservation ⓘ

minor concern Minor Concern ⓘ (UICN)ⓘ

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

• Population trend: In increased.

Justification of the population

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

Justification of trend

It is suspected that the population is increasing as habitat degradation is creating new areas of suitable habitat.

"Spectacled Parrotlet" in captivity:

In captivity is common in some European countries, rare elsewhere. It is a bird lively, Intelligent and with attitude. They are highly valued for being quiet; they can learn many words and whistle very well. Son loving and they love spending time with their owners, However, they are happy and independent enough to happily play with their toys while the owner is absent. Need much space as it is a bird very active, as well as different toys.

Alternative names:

– Spectacled Parrotlet (English).
– Toui à lunettes, Perruche-moineau à lunettes (French).
– Brillensperlingspapagei, Augenring-Sperlingspapagei, Brillenpapagei (German).
– Tuim-da-colômbia (Portuguese).
– Catita Enana Pálida, Cotorrita de Anteojos, Periquito de Anteojos (español).
– Periquito Ojiazul (Venezuela).

scientific classification:

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittacidae
– Genus: Forpus
– Scientific name: Forpus conspicillatus
– Citation: (Lafresnaye, 1848)
– Protonimo: Psittacula conspicillata

Images Spectacled Parrotlet:

Cotorrita-de-Anteojos-(5)
Cotorrita-de-Anteojos-(4)
Cotorrita-de-Anteojos-(3)
Cotorrita-de-Anteojos-(2)

Videos of the "Spectacled Parrotlet"

Parrots in the world

Species of the genus Forpus

Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus)


    Sources:

    – Avibase
    – Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M
    – Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
    – Birdlife
    – parrots book, parrots and macaws Neotropical.

    – Photos:

    (1) – A female Spectacled Parrotlet in Manizales, Caldas, By Julian Londono from Colombia Manizales, Colombia [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
    (2) – A male Spectacled Parrotlet in Manizales, Caldas, By Julian Londono from Colombia Manizales, Colombia [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
    (3) – A pair of Spectacled Parrotlets in Manizales, Caldas, By Julian Londono from Colombia Manizales, Colombia [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
    (4) – A male Spectacled Parrotlet in Colombia just outside the entrance of its nest By Rogier Klappe [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
    (5) – Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) by Ron Knight – Flickr
    (6) – PSITTACULA CONSPICILLATA By Internet Archive Book Images [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons

    – Sounds:

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Plum-faced Lorikeet
Oreopsittacus arfaki

Origin: Papua New Guinea
Character: Active
Life expectancy: ---
Height: 15 cm..

Plum-faced Lorikeet

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Description

15 cm.. length between 16 and 23 g. of weight.
Plum-faced Lorikeet

The hood of the Plum-faced Lorikeet (Oreopsittacus arfaki), from the top of bill up to the crown rear, is Scarlet Red ; chin and Spada color plum (with bluish Sheen), broken by two rows of thin stripes.

Upperparts of color green uniform with a light spread of olive in the the mantle. Wings, views from the top are green; vane internal to the flight feather, blackish in color and vane external to the primaries outermost, bluish green. Underwing-coverts and axillary, red (Outer secondaries slightly marked with yellow); flight feather Blackish with yellow central band. The mauve of it chin be extended slightly in the throat; top of the chest green, center of chest and belly bathed in orange-red; under belly green; undertail-coverts green, lightly bathed in yellow on sides. Uppertail green, merging to blackish and ending in pinkish-Red, in the tip lighter fusion: below, the tail is red with marked with black side feathers.

The bill black; irises blackish brown; legs grey.

Female lack of top red (but you can show a bit of red on the part rear of the Crown).

Immature male with only red on the back of the crown. The young birds have a slightly 'scaly' appearance; also off the tip of orange-yellow color of the tail.

Description 3 subspecies

  • Oreopsittacus arfaki arfaki

    (Meyer,AB, 1874) – The nominal.


  • Oreopsittacus arfaki grandis

    : (Ogilvie-Grant, 1895) – Greater than the nominal. Lack of the flanks redorange and markings of the belly of the other two subspecies.


  • Oreopsittacus arfaki major

    : (Ogilvie-Grant, 1914) – Larger that the nominal and more red-tipped in the tail.

Habitat:

The distribution of the Plum-faced Lorikeet is more or less continuous in the extension of the moss forests; the species is mainly found among the 2.000 and 3,750 m, but can observe is to 1.000 m occasionally. Be found with greater frequency in pairs or small flocks very vocal. They feed acrobatically in the canopy; They also feed on plants, especially in the flowers of epiphytes, often in the company of other flower aficionados such as the lories of the genus Neopsittacus.

Reproduction:

Habits of nesting unknown, birds in reproductive attitudes they have been observed in August and October. The display of marks under the wings have been observed in pairs and can be linked to courtship, as well as by the male head rolling.

Food:

It feeds on pollen, nectar, possibly, flowers, fruit (especially Schefflera) and berries.

Distribution:

Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 108.000 km2

New Guinea in Irian Java (Indonesian) and Papua New Guinea, ranging from the East ofVogelkop to the Huon Peninsula and ranges from the Southeast. A small number of captivity

Distribution 3 subspecies:

  • Oreopsittacus arfaki arfaki

    (Meyer,AB, 1874) – The nominal.


  • Oreopsittacus arfaki grandis

    : (Ogilvie-Grant, 1895) – Mountains of the Central and East of Papua New Guineto, including, those in the southeast of the region of the Huon Peninsula and Sepik, extending to the West of Victor Emanuel Range


  • Oreopsittacus arfaki major

    : (Ogilvie-Grant, 1914) – Snow Mountains (Papua New Guinea)

Conservation:


minor concern

• Current IUCN Red List category: Least concern

• Population trend: Stable

The world population It has not been quantified, Although it is thought of more than 300.000 specimens. The species is reported to be quite common (pit et to the. 1997).

The population suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence of any reduction or substantial threats.

"Plum-faced Lorikeet" in captivity:

The Plum-faced Lorikeet is a bird quiet and at times active. Young birds are susceptible to stress and disease during the acclimatization; can die suddenly without apparent cause. They become much more resistant and less timid after acclimatization.. You can be accommodated with members of their own species in a system of colony.

It is very rare in captivity.

Alternative names:

– Plum-faced Lorikeet, Plum faced Lorikeet, Plum-faced Mountain Lory, Plum-faced Mountain-Lory, Whiskered Lorikeet (ingles).
– Lori bridé (French).
– Arfaklori, Arfakalori (German).
– Lori Bigotudo, Lori de Bigotes (español).

scientific classification:

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittaculidae
– Genus: Oreopsittacus
– Scientific name: Oreopsittacus arfaki
– Citation: (Meyer,AB, 1874)
– Protonimo: Trichoglossus (Charmosyna) Arfaki

«Whiskered Lory» Images:

Lori-Bigotudo-(5)
Lori-Bigotudo-(4)
Lori-Bigotudo-(3)
Lori-Bigotudo-(2)

Videos "Plum-faced Lorikeet"

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«On Bigotry» (Oreopsittacus arfaki)


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) – Dansk Lori Klub
(2) – arfak lori man oreopsittacus arfaki – photobucket
(3) – By Katerina Tvardikova – pngbirds.myspecies.info
(4) – By Guy Dutson – lynx
(5) – By Katerina Tvardikova – pngbirds.myspecies.info
(6) – Illustration – HBW.com

– Sounds: Patrik Åberg (Xeno-canto(

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Mallee Ringneck
Barnardius barnardi

Origin: Australia
Character: shy and nervous
Life expectancy: 18 years
Height: 35 cm..

Mallee Ringneck

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Anatomy-parrots

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

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»:


minor concern


• 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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Grey-hooded Parakeet
Psilopsiagon aymara

Origin: Bolivia, Argentina, Chile
Character: Quiet and sensitive
Life expectancy: ----
Height: 19 to 20 cm..

Grey-hooded Parakeet

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Description:

Grey-hooded Parakeet

19-20 cm.. height.
The Grey-hooded Parakeet (Psilopsiagon aymara) has the body mostly green, elongated and with a very long and pointed tail; the forecrown and lores, until the area back from the neck (including the ear-coverts), grayish brown, forming a kind of CAP that comes, slightly, to below the eyes.
Mantle green, lightly olive dyeing; Back and scapulars green; rump and uppertail-coverts, green, slightly brighter; upperwing-coverts green; flight feather green with blackish tips; underwing-coverts of color greenish-yellow. Chin and throat pale-whitish grey; chest grey silver pale, sometimes with dye bluish on the feathers on both sides of the chest; flanks of color yellow pale greenish; the belly and undertail-coverts, green, with faint bluish tint.

Upper, the tail green; undertail, gray. The bill pale flesh-colored; irises dark brown; legs grey-brown.

Both sexes similar, though the male may have brighter grey in the chest.

Immature they have the tail shorter.

NOTE This species was treated as Bolborhynchus aymara.

Habitat:

Video – "Grey-hooded Parakeet" (Psilopsiagon aymara)

Watch this video on YouTube.

You prefer arid habitats shrubs or Woody hills and ravines, dense scrub and trees around settlements and in agricultural areas, also distributed in high Andean steppes and sometimes in the Highlands, at altitudes of 1.800 to 3.400 m, sometimes more low (1,200 m in winter) and supposedly until the 4.000 m in Tucumán, Argentina.

The Grey-hooded Parakeet is a bird gregarious, usually seen in small flocks, at least outside the breeding season; large gatherings near areas with water.

Reproduction:

Nest sometimes in colonies, in holes dug in sand banks or in hollows and cactus in desert area. Egg laying in the month of November in Tucumán. Clutch 4-5 eggs. Up to seven in captivity.

Food:

The Grey-hooded Parakeet they tend to consume berries and other fruit, In addition to seeds herbaceous and grasses (by example Viguera and other compounds); they usually descend to the ground to collect fallen fruits and seeds from the grass.

Distribution:

Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 383.000 km2

Is it can be found in the Andes from the South of Bolivia until Argentina and possibly North of Chile.

In West Bolivia It is known from Peace and Cochabamba to the South of Tarija and potosi, and in the Northwest of Argentina on the slopes Andean of Jujuy to the South of Mendoza and to the hills of the South East of Córdoba. In the North of Chile (for example, Tarapacá) is reported as resident, visitor or absent.

Some movements at altitude seasonal; the Grey-hooded Parakeet move higher in summer. Usually common and apparently without pressure; Small numbers are caught and exported as cage birds.

Conservation:

State of conservation ⓘ

minor concern Minor Concern ⓘ (UICN)ⓘ

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

• Population trend: Stable.

Justification of the population

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

Justification of trend

It is suspected that the population is stable in absence of evidence of any decline or threatens substantial, Although it is exported as bird cage in small quantities.

"Grey-hooded Parakeet" in captivity:

Rare in poultry.

Alternative names:

– Gray-hooded Parakeet, Andean Parakeet, Aymara Parakeet, Gray hooded Parakeet, Gray-headed Parakeet, Grey hooded Parakeet, Grey-headed Parakeet, Grey-hooded Parakeet, Sierra Parakeet (English).
– Toui aymara, Perruche d’Aymara (French).
– Aymarasittich, Aymara Sittich (German).
– Periquito-da-serra (Portuguese).
– Periquito-da-serra, Catita Serrana Grande (español).
– Periquito-da-serra (Argentina).
– Periquito-da-serra (Bolivia).

Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny
Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny

scientific classification:


– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittacidae
– Genus: Psilopsiagon
– Scientific name: Psilopsiagon aymara
– Citation: (d’Orbigny, 1839)
– Protonimo: Arara aymara

Images Galah Cockatoo"Grey-hooded Parakeet":

Parrots in the world

Species of the genus Psilopsiagon

Sources:

– Avibase
– Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M
– Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
– Birdlife
– Parrot Book, Parrots and macaws Neotropical

– Photos:

(1) – Grey-hooded Parakeets (also known as the Aymara Parakeet and the Sierra Parakeet) in Capilla del Monte, Córdoba, Argentina By Nes (originally posted to Flickr as Periquitos) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(2) -Psilopsiagon aymara by John Gerrard Keulemans [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

– Sounds: (Xeno-canto)

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Golden-winged Parakeet
Brotogeris chrysoptera

Origin: Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Suriname
Character: Quiet and social
Life expectancy: 20 to 25 years
Height: 18 cm..


Catita Alidorada

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Description:

Golden-winged Parakeet

18 cm.. height.
The Golden-winged Parakeet ((Brotogeris chrysoptera)) has a tail short and finished in tip, bill Of course, body almost all green.

Its main characteristic is to have wing a patch orange or gold and the end blue (more visible on the fly). Crown bluish, forecrown and throat orange.
The eye ring is whitish and without feathers; the irises is of color Brown dark and the legs flesh-colored.
The immature is distinguished by not having the Golden wing patch.

Subspecies description

  • Brotogeris chrysoptera chrysoptera

    (Linnaeus, 1766) – The nominal.


  • Brotogeris chrysoptera chrysosema

    (Sclater,PL) – Golden parakeets. Its plumage is generally more yellow. L0s adults have yellow-orange the forecrown and the regions between them eyes and the peak, on the sides of the head. There is a patch in the chin orange. The primary coverts are yellow. Son bigger the species nominal.


  • Brotogeris chrysoptera solimoensis

    (Gyldenstolpe, 1941) – Codajás Golden parakeets. Similar to subspecies nominal, but the frontal band is more pale and of color brown reddish. The patch of the chin is a yellow-brown color.


  • Brotogeris chrysoptera tenuifrons

    (Friedmann, 1945) – Black River Parakeets. Similar in appearance to the subspecies Brotogeris chrysoptera tuipara, with the exception of the frontal band orange, which is minimal or absent.


  • Brotogeris chrysoptera tuipara

    (Gmelin, 1788) – Parakeets Tuipara. It also seems to refer to the species, with the exception of its plumage that is usually more yellow. adults have a frontal band fine of color orange and a patch Orange in the chin. The lateral feathers with edges yellow. They are also bigger that the subspecies nominal.

Habitat:

Video – "Golden-winged Parakeet" (Brotogeris chrysoptera)

It inhabits in humid forest and savannah, more common to 300 meters although it has reported to them 1200 m. You in groups small of 8 to 16 individuals not reproductive time, It is common to see more than 100 consuming fruits in the canopy. Noisy when flying and silent when they feed on.

Reproduction:

Nest on trees, in hollows and termite mounds. Breeding season in November, February and April.

Food:

With feeds of the nectar of the flowers, fruit, figs, berries and seeds.

Distribution:

Size of the distribution (reproduction / resident): 3.110.000 km2

Its population is distributed between the East of Venezuela, Guyanas, Center and East of the Brazilian Amazon.

Subspecies distribution

Conservation:

State of conservation ⓘ

minor concern Minor Concern ⓘ (UICN)ⓘ

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

• Population trend: Decreasing.

Justification of the population

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

Justification of trend

It is suspected that this species has lost 20,7-24,8% of habitat suitable within their distribution during three generations (15 years), on the basis of a model of Amazon deforestation (Soares-Filho et to the., 2006, Bird et to the., 2011). So, It is suspected that will decrease in <25% durante tres generaciones.

"Golden-winged Parakeet" in captivity:

Rare in captivity. They are birds a bit nerve until you are acclimatized to its owner. They can be housed in an Aviary with other parrots.

Alternative names:

– Golden-winged Parakeet, Golden winged Parakeet, Golden-winget parakeet, Tuipara Parakeet (English).
– Toui para (French).
– Braunkinnsittich (German).
– periquitinho, Periquito-de-asa-dourada, periquito-de-asas-douradas, tuipara-de-asa-dourada, tuipara-de-asa-laranja, periquitinho, periquito-de-asas-douradas, tuipara-de-asa-dourada, tuipara-de-asa-laranja (Portuguese).
– Catita Alidorada, Periquito de Alas Amarillas (español).
– Periquito Ala Dorada (Venezuela).

Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus

scientific classification:

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittacidae
– Genus: Brotogeris
– Scientific name: Brotogeris chrysoptera
– Citation: (Linnaeus, 1766)
– Protonimo: Psittacus chrysopterus


Images "Golden-winged Parakeet"

Parrots in the world

Species of the genus Brotogeris

Sources:

– Avibase
– Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M
– Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
– Birdlife
– Parrot Book, Parrots and macaws Neotropical

– Photos:

(1) – animalphotos
(2) – Modern accepted name (2012) is Brotogeris chrysoptera By William Swainson, F.R.S., F.L.S. (Zoological Illustrations, Volume I.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

– Sounds: controles-canto.org

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Bismarck hanging parrot
Loriculus tener

Origin: Papua New Guinea
Character: Festive, joyful
Life expectancy: ----
Height: 10 cm..


Bismarck hanging parrot

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Description

Measured around 10 cm.. length and approximately 12 g. of weight.

The head of the Bismarck hanging parrot (Loriculus tener)(Loriculus tener) is green. Upperparts Green except for the rump and upper coverts of the tail that are yellowish-green. The wings they are green with vane internal darker towards the flight feather.

Under, the wings blue with Feather coverts green. Chin red orange; rest of the underparts green. Upper, the tail green, pale blue view from below.

The bill black; irises yellowish white; legs yellowish brown.

The female have the front part of the crown and face blue.

The young birds they lack the orange patch of the throat and your bill is pale-brown.

Habitat:

A species very little known. Has been recorded along of the edge of forests and partially cleared from the lowlands up to the low hills areas.

Reproduction:

There is practically no information. Only a nest found, in the stump of one areca palm.

Food:

There is practically no information, but it is suspected that they feed on flowers and small fruit, usually, alone or in pairs, and often hung upside down.

Distribution:

Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 26.300 km2

Endemic to the Islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, registered in New Britain, New Ireland, Duke of York and New Hanover.

Conservation:


Near-threatened


• Current IUCN Red List category: Near threatened

• Population trend: Decreasing

This little known species is classified as Near-threatened, Since it is believed that it has a moderately low population that is limited to the lower forests. These areas are developing rapidly in oil palm plantations and therefore the population is undoubtedly decreasing.

In New England, clearing of lowland forests for conversion to oil palm plantations has been intense in recent decades.

The population size is between the 10.000 and 19.999 mature individuals.

"Bismarck hanging parrot" in captivity:

Usually they are not in captivity.

Alternative names:

– Green-fronted Hanging Parrot, Bismarck Hanging Parrot, Bismarck Hanging-parrot, Green fronted Hanging Parrot, Green-fronted Hanging-Parrot (ingles).
– Coryllis des Bismarck, Coryllis à front vert, Coryllis des Bismark (French).
– Bismarckpapageichen, Goldstirnpapageichen, Zartpapageichen (German).
– Lorículo de las Bismarck (español).

scientific classification:

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittaculidae
– Genus: Loriculus
– Scientific name: Loriculus tener
– Citation: Sclater,PL, 1877
– Protonimo: Loriculus tener

Images «Bismarck's Parrot»:

Loriculus tener. Image from page 18 of "Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club" (2007) - (N. J. Collar © Natural History Museum)
Loriculus tener. Image from page 18 of «Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club» (2007) – (N. J. Collar © Natural History Museum)

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"Bismarck's Parrot" (Loriculus tener)


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) – «Loriculus tener Smit» by Joseph Smit – Ornithological Miscellany. Volume 2. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons – http://Commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:Loriculus_tener_smit.jpg#mediaviewer/file:Loriculus_tener_smit.jpg

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Pale-headed Rosella
Platycercus adscitus

Origin: Australia
Character: Active
Life expectancy: 15 to 20 years
Height: 30 cm..

Perico pale

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Anatomy-parrots

Description

30 cm.. length and a weight between 100 and 175 g..

The adult male of the Pale-headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus), It has a pale yellow "head". The part superior of the cheeks is whitish in contrast with the part below that is of color blue light. Upper chest is yellow, the lower part of the chest and the abdomen are blue. The coverts They show a beautiful red hue. The the mantle, the back and scapulars are black with broad yellow edges, these areas giving a scaly appearance.

The tail is of color yellow uniform. The external coverts are dark blue. The central feathers of the tail are dark blue, but the outer feathers are more pale with thin white edges. The bottom has no stripe.

The bill is white. The irises They are brown, legs grey.

The female is different from the male, its color is more off and has a strip at the bottom of the wings.

The immature they have grayish feathers ending in yellow or orange-red at the top of the crown and the neck. The red feathers lose them about three months. The bottom of the wings is scratched. They acquire adult plumage in about 16 months.

Description 2 subspecies:

  • Platycercus adscitus adscitus

    (Latham 1790) – The nominal


  • Platycercus adscitus palliceps

    (Lear 1832) – 32 cm.. length. It is something most large that the nominal species. The white color of the face is more extensive, coming up to the neck. Crown, nape and ear-coverts are pale yellow. The blue of the chest presents tonalities yellowishwhite and the feathers of the chest they have a thin lined black. The shoulders with wide verdosa-amarilla blue staining. bottom of the flight feather white.

Habitat:

Pale-headed Rosella

The Pale-headed Rosella they are common in all types of habitats of open forests, either scrub, scattered forests with logging, the rows of trees along rivers or swamps. They are also found in the wooded heaths which surround the coast and which are dominated by trees of the genus Banksia.

Avoid plunging into the thick forests, giving preference to the clear, meadows at the edges or directly border the plots. They also penetrate the surrounding farmland to feed.

They are birds of the lower regions, rarely rising above 700 meters and voluntarily leaving altitudes to the Crimson Rosella in dense forests and semi-montanosas areas.

Reproduction:

In the North, the Pale-headed Rosella They nest in the months of February to June, with some variations depending on the frequency of rains.

In the South, the breeding season are produced starting from September until the month of December.

These birds build their nests in deep a sick or healthy tree cavity, preferably a eucalyptus located near a river.
Other places that tend to choose are: a hole in a stump or a hole in a fence post.

The spawning generally includes between 3 and 5 eggs. The female incubates alone during 19 days, but as soon as the eggs are incubated, It receives assistance from the male that helps feed the young.

The chicks leave the nest after 5 weeks.

Food:

The Pale-headed Rosella they are mostly vegetarian. They consume a lot of plants, We have identified about 50 plant species. Similar to the Eastern Rosella, the Pale-headed Rosella It feeds mainly in the trees. The seeds of eucalyptus, acacias, Melaleuca, Black Cypress of Australia, acanthus and spiny Thistles, they are your favorite foods. The flowers and fruits some species also form part of their diet.

The Pale-headed Rosella they are often real pests for gardens and cornfields.

Distribution:

Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 1.470.000 km2

Confined to the East of Australia, where is dispersed through of the Cape York Peninsula, coming to the South up to the Gilbert River in the West, and extending to the South along the coast East of Queensland to the North of New South Wales.

In Queensland its inner boundary runs approximately through Croydon, Richmond, Lomgreach, Charleville and Bingara.

Are also distributed by the Fraser Island and around Brisbane, as well as in other coastal districts.

In New South Wales, the population is limited to the Northeast, extending toward the interior of Bourke and to the South up to around Coffs Harbour, on the coast.

Escapes have been recorded in Sydney and Melbourne, and there was an introduction without success in Hawaii at the beginning of this century.

The species coexists in the same altitude with the Eastern Rosella in the southeast of Queensland.

Common in suitable habitat within its range.

The world's population is above the 100.000 specimens.

Moderate numbers in captivity.

Fully protected.

Distribution 2 subspecies:

Conservation:


minor concern


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

• Population Trend: Growing

The size of the world population It has not been quantified, It is estimated at around 100,000 specimens.

The species according to reports, It is abundant in much of their range (pit et to the. 1997).

They have benefited from the clearing of the forests and the development of fruit tree crops and agricultural fields.. But, an important limitation is that of its acquisition as a popular pet bird, marketed as Blue cheek parakeet. Each year, hundreds of birds are illegally captured in the wild.

"Pale-headed Rosella" in captivity:

common in Europe, not so much in the United States.

Active and moderately loud. Aggressive with other birds. A little susceptible to stress and disease.

Alternative names:

– Pale-headed Rosella, Blue Rosella, Blue-cheeked Parakeet, Blue-cheeked Rosella, Mealy Parakeet, Mealy Rosella, Moreton Bay Parakeet, Moreton Bay Rosella, Pale headed Rosella, White-cheeked Rosella, White-headed Rosella (ingles).
– Perruche à tête pâle, Perruche palliceps (French).
– Blasskopfrosella (German).
– Rosela-pálida (Portuguese).
– Perico Pálido, Rosela de Cabeza Pálida (español).

scientific classification:

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittaculidae
– Genus: Platycercus
– Scientific name: Platycercus adscitus
– Citation: (Latham, 1790)
– Protonimo: Trained parrot

«Pale Parakeet» Images:

Perico-Palido-(5)
Perico-Palido-(4)
Perico-Palido-(3)
Perico-Palido-(2)

Videos "Pale-headed Rosella"

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«Pale Parakeet» (Platycercus adscitus)


Sources:

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

– Photos:

(1) – A Pale-headed Rosella in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia By Paul Gear (Picasa Web Albums) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(2) – Pale-headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus) Kobble Creek, SE Queensland, Australia By Pale-headed_Rosella_kob02. JPG: Avicedaderivative work: Snowmanradio [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(3) – A Pale-headed Rosella in Herberton, Far North Queensland, Australia By Peter Shanks (originally posted to Flickr as pale headed rosella) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(4) – A Pale-headed Rosella in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia By Paul Gear (Picasa Web Albums) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
(5) – Pale-headed Rosella, Platycercus adscitus By Glen Fergus (Own work, Brisbane, Australia) [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons
(6) – A painting of a Pale-headed Rosella(originally captioned «Platycercus palliceps. Paleheaded Parakeet. In the pofsefsion of Mr. Leadbeater.») by Edward Lear 1812-1888 Edward Lear [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

– Sounds: Judith Lattaway (Xeno-canto)

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Maroon-tailed Parakeet
Pyrrhura melanura

Origin: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
Character: shy and quiet
Life expectancy: 15 to 25 years.
Height: 26 to 28 cm..


Maroon-tailed Parakeet

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Anatomy-parrots

Description:

26-28 cm.. height.

The Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura) is distinguishable mainly by the tail and wings blackish (visible in flight); has the lores, the forecrown, the crown and the rear area of the neck, brownish, with paler reddish brown tips on the crown, forming altogether a speckled pattern; cheeks, ear-coverts and area behind the eyes, green; Brown in the shadows at the back of the crown Green in the nape.

Upperparts Green with tinge of olive in some feathers. Primary coverts Red with yellow tips; Front edge of the wing , red; upperwing-coverts of color green with dye olive. Primaries Dark greenish blue with dark tips. Underwing-coverts green; underside of flight feather blackish. Throat and feathers of the upper part of the chest, Green or greyish green with pale margins, giving a scaly striking effect; pale edges that become less clear on the sides of the neck; the belly and undertail-coverts Green with dye olive dark. Upper, the tail dark brown with green outer feathers; undertail, the tail shiny black.

Bill pale grey; bare periophthalmic naked, whitish: irises dark brown; legs grey.

Both sexes similar. The immature has less red (greener) in the primary coverts.

Subspecies description

Subspecies description

  • Pyrrhura melanura berlepschi

    (Salvadori, 1891) – Similar to the Pyrrhura melanura souancei, but with even broader and paler margins on the breast feathers (Some birds of Ecuador with almost entirely white breasts), less red on the front edge of the wing and more pronounced brown patch in the belly. Cheeks dyed with color olive, Red uniform at the edge of the carpus; abdomen more uniform brown/red color.

  • Pyrrhura melanura chapmani

    (Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1940) – With suspiciously in the chest more width, No yellow in the wing ; yellowish in the area of the ear and the green of the tail darker.

  • Pyrrhura melanura melanura

    (Spix, 1824) – Nominal.

  • Pyrrhura melanura pacifica

    (Chapman, 1915) – More dark, No yellow in the wing , grey around the eye, tail more short and reddish.

  • Pyrrhura melanura souancei

    (Verreaux,J, 1858) – With the edge top of the wing Red and not yellow; Green in the base of the tail more extensive and chest with scaled a little more width.

Habitat:

Maroon-tailed Parakeet

The Maroon-tailed Parakeet It occupies the temperate tropical formations, including forests of várzea, forests of land low and pre-montanos rainforests and forests cloud, often in areas partially cleared and edges of secondary forests; 150 - 300m in Venezuela (nominal), to 3,200 m in the slopes Andean Eastern (souancei), 1.600-2.800m on the slope of the Andes central (chapmani), at 1,700 m in Nariño (Pacifica), at 1500m (berlepschi). Usually in flocks of 6-12 individuals, staying in them cups of them trees to rest but moving is toward the branches more low for forage.

Reproduction:

Little information about breeding, observed during the months of April-June, headers of the Napo River, Ecuador. Copulation observed in January (Colombia). Clutch four eggs in captivity.

Food:

Few details about the diet, with foods known, including fruits of Miconia tkeaezans (Top of the Magdalena valley). Fagara tachuelo and tree bark (Amazonia).

Distribution:

Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 1.510.000 km2

The distribution of the Maroon-tailed Parakeet is discontinuous. Northwest of South America in the Western Amazon basin, southern portion of the the Orinoco basin and slope of the peaceful of the Andes, in the southwest of Colombia and West Ecuador.

In Venezuela the species is found in the Centre of the South of Bolívar along the upper Western Amazon basin of Brazil between the rivers Negro and Solimões. They are also distributed in Andes Central of Colombia, at the top of the Magdalena valley, from the South of Tolima until Huila and separated to the East from the Andes (in lowlands and up to 500 m in foothills) Since the Macarena mountains, southward through eastern lowlands Ecuador and Northeast and East of Peru.

A separate population is distributed to the West of the Andes, in the Northwest of the South of Ecuador, to the North of The rivers, with a single log in nose, to the southwest of Colombia.

Mainly resident Although the apparent absence during some seasons in some parts of Colombia suggests regular movements.

Unevenly distributed, in some areas very common, being the Parrot more numerous in some parts of the range such as high Magdalena valley and perhaps parts of Esmeraldas in the Northwest of Ecuador.

Alleged decrease in some areas (for example, Pacific slope of Ecuador) due to loss of habitat. Little known in the East of Peru. Not a locally popular cage bird if it has been traded internationally in significant numbers in late 1980 and fairly well known in captivity outside of its area of distribution.

Subspecies distribution

Subspecies distribution

  • Pyrrhura melanura berlepschi

    (Salvadori, 1891) – Valley of Huallaga, is of Peru and Southeast of Ecuador on Cutucú mountain range. A specimen with characteristics of this species was observed at the head of the Magdalena valley suggesting their distribution in Colombia.

  • Pyrrhura melanura chapmani

    (Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1940) – Hillside East of the top of the Magdalena valley in the center of the Andes from the South of Tolima until Huila at altitudes of 1600-2, 800 m

  • Pyrrhura melanura melanura

    (Spix, 1824) – Nominal.

  • Pyrrhura melanura pacifica

    (Chapman, 1915) – Northwest of Ecuador and southwest of Colombia.

  • Pyrrhura melanura souancei

    (Verreaux,J, 1858) – It is from Colombia since the Sierra de la Macarena Southwest, until Putumayo through the East of Ecuador, possibly up to the north end of Peru. Probably bordered on the eastern slopes of the Andes and mostly replaced by the nominal species in lowlands.

Conservation:


minor concern


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

• Population trend: Decreasing.

Justification of the population

The population size world has not been quantified, but this species is described as «quite common» (Stotz et to the., 1996).

Justification of trend

This species is suspected that he has been able to lose 6,95 to 7,1% of a habitat within its distribution over three generations (18 years) based on a deforestation model of the Amazon (Soares-Filho et to the., 2006, Bird et to the. 2011). Given the susceptibility of the species to the cazay and/or the capture, It is suspected that will decrease in <25% durante tres generaciones.

"Maroon-tailed Parakeet" in captivity:

Ave shy and quiet, get used to people over time. Colonies in large birdcages are possible.

Alternative names:

– Maroon-tailed Parakeet, Magdalena Parakeet, Maroon tailed Parakeet, Maroon-tailed Conure, Black-tailed Conure (English).
– Conure de Souancé, Perriche de Souancé, Perruche de Souancé (French).
– Braunschwanzsittich, Braunschwanz-Sittich (German).
– tiriba-fura-mata (Portuguese).
– Cotorra Colinegra, Perico de Cola Negra, Periquito Colirrojo (español).
– Periquito Colirrojo (Colombia).
– Periquito Colirrojo (Peru).
– Perico Cola Negra (Venezuela).


scientific classification:


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Johann Baptist von Spix

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittacidae
– Genus: Pyrrhura
– Scientific name: Pyrrhura melanura
– Citation: (von Spix, 1824)
– Protonimo: Aratinga melanurus

Images "Maroon-tailed Parakeet"

Videos "Maroon-tailed Parakeet"

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"Black tail parakeet" (Pyrrhura melanura)


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) – pyrrhura.cz.
(2) – Maroon-tailed parakeet pyrrhura berlepschi = berlepschi, Maroon-tailed Parakeet ssp. by John Gerrard Keulemans [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

– Sounds: (Xeno-canto)

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