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Barred Parakeet
Also Known As: Lineolated Parakeet, Banded Parakeet
Captive Barred Parakeets
Credit: © Horst Kroger
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Did You Know?
Rosemary Low (1986) reports a captive pair belonging to her became very excited and happy at their first sight of snow.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Bolborhynchus
Species:
lineola
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 16cm (6.2 in) | 42-52g (1.5-1.8 oz) |
Races including nominate:
two: B.l. lineola, B.l. tigrinus
Colourization Adult: B.l. lineola: male-in general green in colour; black barring on upperparts except for crown; olive/green flanks and sides of breast with black/green barring; black bend of wing; blue/green underwing coverts and undersides of flight feathers; dark green tail, the centre feathers widely edged with black. Bill pale horn in colour tinged with pink. Eye dark brown. Female-narrower black barring on upperparts; very narrow black edging to centre tail feathers. B.l. tigrinus: both adults darker green, with stronger black barring.
Colourization Juvenile: B.l. lineola: paler and fainter barring than in female.
Call: Calls are soft, but far carrying notes on an ascending scale; in chorus by flocking birds. Alarm call is series of slurred notes prior to taking flight. Also nasal chattering heard while feeding.
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Content Sources:
Article "Lovely Linnies," by Jason Crean, Parrot Chronicles http://www.parrotchronicles.com/mayjune2003/lineolated.htm
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E267.htm&Pic=267_1.JPG
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1611&m=0
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.
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