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Fiery-shouldered Conure
Also Known As: Fiery-shouldered Parakeet
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Did You Know?
The Pyrrhura conures are known as the escape artists in aviculture. Their inquisitiveness leads them to investigate any and every way possible to get out of their enclosures.
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Species Profile
Genus:Pyrrhura
Species:
egregia
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 26cm (10.1 in) | 75g (2.6 oz) |
Races including nominate:
two: P.e. egregia, P.e. obscura
Colourization Adult: P.e. egregia: both adults green breast with yellow/white and brown barring; brown/red centre of abdomen; yellow bend of wing, carpal edge and lesser underwing coverts, marked with orange/red; brown/red uppertail, dark grey undertail. Bill horn in colour. Eye ring bare and white. Eye brown. P.e. obscura: both adults as in egregia, but with darker green upperparts and slightly darker green underparts; brown/red on abdomen minimal or absent.
Colourization Juvenile: P.e. egregia: green carpal edge and lesser underwing coverts; breast has less barring.
Call: Calls made in flight are described as harsh and grating, heard before the birds are seen.
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Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E253.htm&Pic=253_1.JPG
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1597&m=0
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
ML Media Collection Catalogue 30414, Fiery-shouldered Parakeet Pyrrhura egregia, Parker, Theodore A., III, Venezuela, Aug. 28 1983, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
A Guide to Popular Conures As Pet and Aviary Birds, Dorge and Sibley, 2001.
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