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Pearly Conure
Pearly Conure - P. l. anerythra subspecies
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Did You Know?
There are over 55 different species of conure. These are included in the Pyrrhura, Aratinga, Enicognathus, Nandayus, Leptosittaca, Guaruba, Ognorhynchus and Cyanoliseus genuses.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Pyrrhura
Species:
lepida
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 24cm (9.3 in) | 70g (2.4 oz) |
Races including nominate:
three: P.l. lepida, P.l. coerulescens, P.l. anerythra
Colourization Adult: P.l. lepida: both adults blue collar on hindneck in varying thicknesses; brown cheeks, washed with dull blue; off-white ear coverts; brown breast, barred off-white and dark brown; red bend of wing and lesser underwing coverts; brown/red tail. Bill dark grey. Eye ring bare and off-white. Eye dark brown. P.l. coerulescens: both adults as in lepida, but with grey/brown breast and strong blue wash reaching up to throat. P.l. anerythra: both adults blue wash on breast absent; green bend of wing and underwing coverts have minimal or absence of red; varying red marks on green carpal edge.
Colourization Juvenile: P.l. lepida: paler grey bill.
Call: Calls made in flight are described as shrill. Other vocalizations not known.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
BirdCare http://www.birdcare.com.au/pearly_conure.htm
Central Pets http://www.centralpets.com/animals/birds/parrots/prt1338.html
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1591&m=0
A Guide to Popular Conures as Pet and Aviary Birds, Dorge and Sibley, 2001.
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
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