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Plain Parakeet  

Also Known As: All-green Parakeet, Tirica Parakeet
 
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Plain Parakeet perched

Credit: (c) Arthur Grosset | http://www.arthurgrosset.com
 
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The Plain Parakeet nests in arboreal termitaria (termite nests in trees), palm crowns, natural tree hollows or, if in urban areas, crevices in buildings.

Species Profile
Genus:
Brotogeris

Species:
tirica

Size: Adult Weight:
23cm (9 in) 65g (2.3 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults in general green with yellow on crown, cheeks and underparts; olive/brown bend of wing and lesser wing coverts; dull purple/blue primary coverts, primary feathers and outer secondary feathers edged with green. Bill brown, becoming horn-coloured towards base. Eye dark brown.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but with green primary coverts, primary feathers and outer secondary feathers, tinted with blue. Shorter tail. Upper mandible brown at base.

Call: Calls made in flight are shrill and rolling screeches with occasional harsh, two syllable rasping notes while feeding or resting.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E278.htm&Pic=278_1.JPG

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1621&m=0

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

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, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.