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Species Profile

Genus:
Aratinga

Species:
solstitialis

Size:	Adult Weight:
30cm (11.7 in)	120-130g (4.2-4.5 oz)

Races including nominate:
two: A.s. solstitialis, A.s. pintoi

Colourization Adult:
A.s. solstitialis: both adults in general deep yellow with varying orange tints on forehead, sides of head, lower abdomen, rump and lower back; green undertail coverts tinted with yellow; yellow mantle, lesser and middle upperwing coverts and underwing coverts; dull grey underneath flight feathers; green secondary coverts with wide yellow tips; dark blue primary coverts and outer webs of flight feathers; upper tail olive, undertail olive/grey. Bill grey/black. Eye ring bare and grey/white. Eye dark brown. A.s. pintoi: both adults in general paler than solstitialis; green mantle and upperwing coverts with wide yellow tips; pale yellow underparts; pale orange abdomen and flanks; black shafts to feathers on breast.

Colourization Juvenile:
A.s. solstitialis: green on crown; green upper back and scapulars with slight yellow edges; rump and lower back has red tint; green uppertail coverts with yellow tint; green throat; orange breast and abdomen; green undertail coverts margined with pale green; green lesser and middle upperwing coverts edged with yellow. Bill paler grey. Eye ring and cere bare and white.

Call: Calls made in flight are screechy and rapidly repeated in short notes. While perched emits chuckling and thin, high-pitched wheezy notes.

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