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Red-fronted Conure  

Also Known As: Red-fronted Parakeet, Scarlet-fronted Parakeet, Wagler's Conure or Parakeet, Cordilleran Conure or Parakeet
 
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Wild Red-fronted Conure

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The Red-fronted Conure has been heavily traded on the international market: since 1981, 76,974 wild-caught birds have been reported in international trade (2005).

Species Profile
Genus:
Aratinga

Species:
wagleri

Size: Adult Weight:
36cm (14 in) 180-260g (6.3-9.1 oz)

Races including nominate:
four: A.w. wagleri, A.w. transilis, A.w. frontata, A.w. minor

Colourization Adult: A.w. wagleri: both adults mainly green, with yellowish underparts; red forehead to forecrown; occasional red band or scattered red feathers on throat; green bend of wing and carpal edge; olive/yellow greater underwing coverts and undersides of flight feathers. Bill horn in colour. Eye ring bare and white. Eye dull yellow with grey inner ring. A.w. transilis: both adults as in wagleri but in general darker green in colour; red on crown darker and less extensive. A.w. frontata: both adults red forecrown; red around lores and eyes; red thighs and bend of wing to carpal edge. Larger in size. A.w. minor: both adults as in frontata, but smaller in size; overall colour darker without bronze/yellow tinge of frontata; red on thighs paler and more extensive; upper mandible notch rounded.

Colourization Juvenile: A.w. wagleri: red on forecrown duller and less extensive or missing. Bill pink/grey at base of upper mandible. Eye ring bare and grey/white. Eye grey.

Call: Calls made in flight are repetitious and high-pitched, discordant notes; higher in pitch than that of Mitred Conure A. mitrata.

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Content Sources:

Central Pets http://www.centralpets.com/animals/birds/parrots/prt1280.html

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

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1565&m=0

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, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.