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Rusty-faced Parrot
Rusty-faced Parrot (Hapalopsittaca amazonia). Photo taken at Rio Blanco Reserve, Manizales
Credit: Credit: (c) Robert Scanlon | http://www.pbase.com/rsscanlon
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Did You Know?
Although the population of this species is small it is larger than previously thought. It consists of scattered groups that are going through continued declines.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Hapalopsittaca
Species:
amazonina
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 26cm (10 in) | 97-115g (3.4-4 oz) |
Races including nominate:
three:
Colourization Adult:
H.a. amazonina: both adults forehead orange/red turning to brown/red on forecrown; pale yellow lores; chin and area before cheeks orange/red; longer feathers of ear coverts and area behind cheeks olive in colour, shafts streaked pale yellow; olive throat and breast; red bend of wing to lesser wing coverts; carpal edge and lesser wing coverts soft red; tail brown/red tipped with purple/blue. Bill horn in colour with blue/grey at base of upper mandible. Eye green/yellow. H.a. theresae: both adults forehead, chin and area before cheeks darker than in amazonina; ear coverts and area behind cheeks darker than in amazonina; throat and upper breast rusty olive/brown. H.a. velezi: both adults nape to area behind neck yellow/olive; green mantle; pale blue and pink carpal edge.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but duller; with duller red and yellow markings on head; yellow on feather shafts on ear coverts and area behind cheeks minimal or absent; tail darker.
Call: Calls in flight are said to be loud and metallic, and when perched metallic and disyllabic.
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Content Sources:
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1649&m=0
xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.,br>
Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
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