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Red-throated Conure  

Also Known As: Red-throated Parakeet, Orange-throated Conure
 
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Red-throated Conure in captivity

Credit: (c) Marc Johnson | http://www.fosterparrots.com
 
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Did You Know?
The red throat of this species distinguished it from all of the other green Aratinga sp. conures.

Species Profile
Genus:
Aratinga

Species:
rubritorquis

Size: Adult Weight:
28cm (11 in) 130g (4.5 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults in general green, with yellow on underparts; orange/red throat and foreneck, with scattered orange/yellow feathers; varying orange/red feathers scattered on lower cheeks and sides of neck; blue tinge to primary coverts and outer webs of flight feathers; yellow/green underwing coverts; dull yellow undersides of flight feathers. Bill horn in colour. Eye ring bare and brown/grey. Eye orange.

Colourization Juvenile: Red on throat, cheeks and sides of neck minimal or absent. Eye brown.

Call: Calls described as more high-pitched than Pacific Conure; in flight a loud, screaming noise. When perched emits more varied and persistent notes.

Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results

 

Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E224.htm&Pic=224_1.JPG

AvianWeb http://www.avianweb.com/conuresspecies.htm

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=30171&m=0

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.