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Sun Conure Parrots
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Sun Conure
Description: general plumage yellow; forehead, sides of head, abdomen, and lower back with variable orange tinge; under tail-coverts green with pronounced yellow tinge; median and greater upper wing-coverts as well as under tail-coverts green with yellow edging; secondary-coverts green with yellow tips; outer webs of primary-coverts blue; primaries green with blue tips; secondaries green; upperside of tail olive-green with blue tips; underside of tail and flight-feathers blackish; periophthalmic ring whitish; iris dark brown; bill blackish; feet grey.
Immatures as adult, but only head and bend of wing yellow with scattered green feathers; throat, breast and abdomen olive-yellowish to olive-reddish; back and wing-coverts green; feathers sometimes with yellowish tinge; iris dark.
Length: 30 cm (12 ins)
Distribution: northeast Brazil in state of Roraima; Guyana and extreme southeast Venezuela; the occurance in Amapa, Surinam and French Guiana is doubtful and needs further investigation.
Habitat: savannah with bushes and trees, open forest and palm groves.
Status: only found in localities, then fairly common.
Habits: little known; usually in small groups of 4 to 12 birds; also larger gatherings of 30 or more birds on fruiting trees and bushes; in dry bushes surprisingly inconspicuous despite bright plumage; however easily seen in flight or on bare trees; also detectable in flight because of screeching; quiet when foraging; flight swift and direct; call shrill screech rapidly repeated; clucking sound when feeding.
Natural diet: seeds, berries, fruits (cactus) and flowers.
Breeding behaviour: breeding season possibly from December to March; nests in palms and dead trees; egg measures 28.5 x 22.8 mm (1.12 x 0.90 ins). |
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- marjan
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(2631) - [2006-08-26 11:53]
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hi Meerkat, good shot, nice coloures and POV.TFS
Marjan
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