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Austral Conure
Also Known As: Austral Parakeet, Emerald Parakeet
Species Profile
Genus:Enicognathus
Species:
ferrugineus
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 33cm (12.8 in) | 160g (5.6 oz) |
Races including nominate:
two: E.f. ferrugineus, E.f. minor
Colourization Adult: E.f. ferrugineus: both adults dull green in colour with soft black/grey barring; red/brown forehead and lores; red/brown patch in centre of abdomen; brown/red tail. Dark grey bill. Eye ring grey. Eye red/brown. E.f. minor: both adults darker green; abdominal patch darker brown/red and less extensive, sometimes absent; smaller in size.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but with duller reddish markings on forehead and abdomen. In the first two months young have white ring around eyes, becoming darker as they get older. (Unpublished data)
Call: Calls made in flight shrill; when alarmed are more strident, urgent; also some notes harsher and more grating. Some melodious cries made as well. Young make a very distinctive sound from that of adults, as well as begging sounds for food. (Unpublished data)
Listen now Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
Pet Education http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=15&cat=1840&articleid=2404
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E263.htm&Pic=263_1.JPG
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1606&m=0
Internet Bird Collection http://www.hbw.com/ibc/
xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php
Soledad Diaz, pers. comm.
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
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