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Red-masked Conure  

Also Known As: Red-masked Parakeet, Red-headed Conure
 
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Red-masked Conure hanging upside down

Credit: (c) Mark Bittner | http://www.markbittner.net
 
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Did You Know?
The Red-masked Conure will nest in a variety of places - from mature trees to termite nests; also one report of a nest in a cliff.

Species Profile
Genus:
Aratinga

Species:
erythrogenys

Size: Adult Weight:
33cm (12.8 in) 165-200g (5.8-7 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults green in general, more yellow on underparts; red forecrown to lores and forecheeks; red bend of wing, carpal edge, outer underwing coverts and thighs. Bill horn in colour. Eye ring bare and buff/white. Eye dull yellow with grey inner ring.

Colourization Juvenile: Head all green, red markings absent; green thighs, yellow/green carpal edge, with varying orange/red feathers; less extensive red on bend of wing and outer underwing coverts. Eye grey.

Call: Calls made in flight or when perched are raspy and screechy. Also louder, rasping and rapid-short two-note calls, the second note longer. Also buzzing notes.

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Content Sources:

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

Article "Red-masked Conure," Susan Clubb, DVM. http://www.cyberparrots.com/rmconure.html

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1567&m=0

Internet Bird Collection http://www.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.

Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.