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Grey-breasted Conure
Also Known As: Grey-breasted Parakeet
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Did You Know?
The Grey-breasted Conure has historically been listed as a subspecies of the White-eared Conure. It is now listed by Forshaw (2006) and IUCN RedList (2007) as a separate species.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Pyrrhura
Species:
griseipectus
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 23cm (9 in) | Probably 50g (1.75 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults in general mostly green; dark brown forecrown to nape, spotted or streaked with white/brown which varies from bird to bird; brown/purple frontal band, cheeks, lores and area around eyes; white ear coverts; dull grey breast barred with white and dark brown; green hindneck, with broad blue edging; brown/red centre of abdomen; patch on lower back to uppertail coverts brown/red; burgundy tail. Bill grey/black. Eye ring bare and grey/white. Eye brown/orange.
Colourization Juvenile: In general duller than adults, with less evident barring on breast; red abdominal patch with scattered green feathers. Cere and bare eye ring white, with less grey.
Call: Calls made in flight sharp and rapidly repeated in three or four note series; also a high-pitched, staccato chee-cheet. Short, single notes while perched.
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Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E251.htm&Pic=251_1.JPG
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=32204&m=0
xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php
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.
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