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Orange-fronted Conure  

Also Known As: Orange-fronted Parakeet, Petz's Conure, Half-moon Conure
 
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Curious Orange-fronted Conure

Credit: © Gary Lee

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Did You Know?
The Orange-fronted or Half-moon Conure is termitarium breeder, meaning that it nests in termite mounds found up in trees. This species will also nest in abandoned woodpecker holes.

Species Profile
Genus:
Aratinga

Species:
canicularis

Size: Adult Weight:
24cm (9.4 in) 70-75g (2.4-2.6 oz)

Races including nominate:
three: A.c. canicularis, A.c. eburnirostrum, A.c. clarae

Colourization Adult: A.c. canicularis: both adults wide orange frontal band reaching down to lores; dull blue forecrown; pale olive throat and breast. Bill horn colour. Eye ring bare and dull orange/yellow. Eye yellow. A.c. eburnirostrum: both adults as in canicularis, but frontal band thinner; brown spot on each side of base of lower mandible. A.c. clarae: both adults as in eburnirostrum, but frontal band not as extensive; dark grey at base of lower mandible.

Colourization Juvenile: A.c. canicularis: as in adults, but frontal band narrower. Eye brown.

Call: Calls made in flight raucous and screeching. Some notes rapidly repeated. Perched birds emit piping whistles and chirruping, and quiet chatter while feeding.

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Content Sources:

International Conure Association http://www.conure.org/aratinga_canicularis.htm

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

Animal World http://animal-world.com/encyclo/birds/conures/halfmoon.php

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1577&m=0

ML Media Collection Catalogue 165055, Orange-fronted Parakeet Aratinga canicularis, Ross, David L., Jr., Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Apr. 13 1996, 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.