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Santarem Conure
Also Known As: Santarem Parakeet, Hellmayr's Conure or Parakeet
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Did You Know?
The Santarem Conure is formerly one of eight subspecies (races) of the Painted Conure (Pyrrhura picta). The other races include Deville's Conure, Rose-fronted Conure, Sinu Conure, and others, all of which are now classified as separate species. (Forshaw, 2006)
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Genus:Pyrrhura
Species:
amazonum
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 22cm (8.6 in) | Around 55g (1.9 oz) |
Races including nominate:
two: P.a. amazonum, P.a. microtera
Colourization Adult:
P.a. amazonum: both adults crown to nape dark brown; blue stripe in front of eyes; face dark red/brown; ear coverts brown/buff; upper breast grey/green scalloped grey/buff, lower breast green scalloped with yellow/buff; bend of wing green; brown/red spot in middle of abdomen; red/brown tail with green at base. Bill grey/black. Eye ring bare and grey, eye orange/brown. P.a. microtera: both adults face darker and more maroon; upper breast dusty brown scalloped with grey/buff; smaller in size.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but duller in colour; breast thinly scalloped grey/white; less of a brown/red spot on abdomen; tail shorter. Eye ring grey/white.
Call: Calls are rough and forced pik-pik or pik...pik...pik. Reportedly less harsh than other Pyrrhura sp.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E252.htm&Pic=252_1.JPG
Central Pets http://www.centralpets.com/animals/birds/parrots/prt1352.html
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.
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