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Painted Conure  

Also Known As: Painted Parakeet, Blue-winged Conure
 
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Painted Conure in the wild

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The Painted Conure was formerly a species with eight races, or subspecies. It is now sometimes classified as one, with all of the subspecies being granted full species status (Forshaw, 2006)

Species Profile
Genus:
Pyrrhura

Species:
picta

Size: Adult Weight:
22cm (8.6 in) 54-70g (1.9-2.5 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults dark brown crown to nape with blue wash on forecrown; brown/red face and area below eyes; off white ear coverts; dusky brown upper breast scalloped with off white; green/brown lower breast, scalloped with yellow/white; thin blue collar on hindneck; red bend of wing; brown/red patch on centre of abdomen; red/brown tail becoming green toward base. Bill dark brown/grey. Eye-ring bare and grey. Eye orange/brown.

Colourization Juvenile: Bend of wing green with scattered red feathers; brown/red patch on abdomen less extensive; shorter tail. Eye ring grey/white. Eye brown.

Call: Calls made in flight described as coarse, rough and forceful; less harsh than that of other Pyrhurra sp.

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Content Sources:

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