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Emma's Conure  

Also Known As: Venezuelan Parakeet
 
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Flock of Emma’s Conures, Venezuela

Credit: (c) Ron Hoff
 
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Did You Know?
Emma's Conure has been considered a subspecies of the White-eared Conure in the past; there is a school of thought which indicates it should be considered a separate species.

Species Profile
Genus:
Pyrrhura

Species:
emma

Size: Adult Weight:
23cm (9 in) Probably 50g (1.75 oz).

Races including nominate:
two: P.e. emma, P.e. auricularis

Colourization Adult: P.e. emma: both adults brown/maroon face; off-white ear coverts; green/blue crown to nape and sides of hindneck; green/blue throat and sides of foreneck, margined off-white; green/brown breast with yellow/white and brown barring; brown/red centre of abdomen and patch from lower back to upper tail coverts; red bend of wing; green tail tipped with brown/red; bare cere white. Eye ring bare and white. Eye dark brown. P.e. auricularis: both adults as in emma, but with larger more white ear coverts; upperparts and flanks slightly darker green and less yellow; bare cere. Eye ring bare and grey.

Colourization Juvenile: P.e. emma: in general duller than adults; dull blue crown washed with grey/brown; less extensive brown/red on centre of abdomen, with scattering of green feathers; tail shorter.

Call: Calls are described as loud and harsh, particularly when alarmed or distressed.

Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results

 

Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E251.htm&Pic=251_1.JPG

Pet Education http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=15&cat=1840&articleid=2404

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.