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Cactus Conure
Also Known As: Cactus Parakeet
Cactus Conure (Aratinga cactorum) sitting on top of cactus
Credit: © Luiz Claudio Marigo | http://www.lcmarigo.com.br/ingles/index.htm
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Species Profile
Genus:Aratinga
Species:
cactorum
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 25cm (9.75 in) | 75-90g (2.6-3.1 oz) |
Races including nominate:
two: A.c.cactorum, A.c. caixana
Colourization Adult: A.c. cactorum: both adults in general yellow/green; pale brown crown; brown face and upper breast; orange/yellow lower breast and abdomen; green tail tipped with blue. Bill horn coloured. Eye ring bare and white. Eye orange. A.c. caixana: both adults as in cactorum, but paler green body colour; buff/brown throat and breast; abdomen in centre less orange and more yellow.
Colourization Juvenile: Green crown, brown tinge minimal or absent; olive breast and abdomen, with orange tips to some feathers. Eye brown.
Call: Calls made in flight are strident notes, repeated in short bursts between pauses. Softer notes when feeding.
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Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E238.htm&Pic=238_1.JPG
Pet Education http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=15&cat=1840&articleid=2404
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1580&m=0
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
ML Media Collection Catalogue 35701, Cactus Parakeet Aratinga cactorum, Parker, Theodore A., III, Bahia, Brazil, Nov. 17 1985, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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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