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Green Conure  

Also Known As: Green Parakeet, Mexican Green Conure
 
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Credit: (c) Steve Milpacher
 
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Did You Know?
The Green Conure has been reported nesting in a colony in a cave in E Mexico.

Species Profile
Genus:
Aratinga

Species:
holochlora

Size: Adult Weight:
30cm (11.7 in) Not available

Races including nominate:
two: A.h. holochlora, A.h. brewsteri

Colourization Adult: A.h. holochlora: both adults green in general; green/yellow on underparts; scattered red feathers on heads of some birds; blue tinge to primary coverts and outer webs of flight feathers; dull yellow/green underwing coverts; olive/yellow underside of flight feathers. Bill horn in colour. Eye ring bare and pink/grey. Eye orange/brown. A.h. brewsteri: both adults as in holochlora, but a darker green with less yellow; crown with blue wash.

Colourization Juvenile: A.h. holochlora: as in adults but with brown eye.

Call: Calls made in flight are rolling, shrill and harsh; also deeper, stronger notes.

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Content Sources:

Central Pets http://www.centralpets.com/animals/birds/parrots/prt1284.html

Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E223.htm&Pic=223_1.JPG

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E223.htm&Pic=223_1.JPG

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.