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Nanday Conure
Also Known As: Black-headed Conure or Parakeet, Black-masked Conure
Nanday Conure foraging on mango
Credit: © Luiz Claudio Marigo | http://www.lcmarigo.com.br/ingles/index.htm
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Did You Know?
There is a feral (non-native) population of Nanday Conures in Florida that numbers around 900 birds.
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Species Profile
Genus:Nandayus
Species:
nenday
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 30cm (11.7 in) | 140g (5 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults underparts green/yellow; forehead to nape and face black; throat and upper breast washed with blue; general body colour green/olive; thighs orange/red in colour; tail olive/green tipped with blue. Bill black. Bare eye ring pink. Eye brown.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but less blue on throat and breast; shorter tail.
Call: In flight calls are clamorous, screeching; while perched shrill chattering.
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Content Sources:
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International Conure Association http://www.conure.org/ica/default.aspx
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1581&m=0
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
ML Media Collection Catalogue 115973, Nanday Parakeet Nandayus nenday, Macaulay, Linda, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sep. 28 2001, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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.
Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.
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