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Santa Marta Conure  

Also Known As: Santa Marta Parakeet
 
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Santa Marta Conure in the wild

Credit: © Nick Athanas
 
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The Santa Marta Conure is one of the least typical of the Pyrrhura species in its colouration. The scalloped breast markings found in so many other Pyrrhuras is missing, and its abdomen is bright orange/red, differentiating this species further.

Species Profile
Genus:
Pyrrhura

Species:
viridicata

Size: Adult Weight:
25cm (9.75 in) Not available

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults in general dark green; purple/brown ear coverts; orange/red abdomen; yellow bend of wing, carpal edge and lesser underwing coverts with orange/red markings; green tail. Eye ring bare and white. Eye brown.

Colourization Juvenile: Undescribed

Call: Calls are similar to those of the Painted Conure (Pyrrhura picta): in flight a coarse, strong series of rapid, staccato notes pik-pik-pik.

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Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results

 

Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E254.htm&Pic=254_1.JPG

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1596&m=0

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

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: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.