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Cuban Conure
Also Known As: Cuban Parakeet, Red-speckled Conure
Cuban Conure
Credit: © Rosemary Low
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Did You Know?
In the wild the Cuban Conure uses various sites for nesting, with Cuban Green Woodpecker holes being its favourite. This species also builds nests in arboreal termitaria (termite nests in trees).
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Aratinga
Species:
euops
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 26cm (10.1 in) | 90g (3.1 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults yellow/green in general with red feathers sprinkled on head and underparts, sometimes with red feathers on bend of wing and thighs; red lesser underwing coverts and carpal edge; olive/yellow greater underwing coverts and underneath flight feathers. Bill horn coloured. Eye ring bare and pink/white. Eye pale yellow.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but red feathers on head and underparts absent; less red on underwing coverts; yellow/green carpal edge. Eye brown.
Call: Calls are unique; in flight repetitious and loud. While perched notes are low and whispering.
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Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E231.htm&Pic=231_1.JPG
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife Interational http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1570&m=0
ML Media Collection Catalogue 112182, Cuban Parakeet Aratinga euops, Budney, Gregory, Holguin, Cuba, Feb. 15 2004, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.
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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