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Tepui Parrotlet
Also Known As: Roraima Parrotlet
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Did You Know?
The tepuis or table mountains in the south of Venezuela belong to one of the earth's oldest geologic formations, the "Guyana Shield." The climate on their plateaus differs greatly from that of the surrounding areas, thus isolating flora and fauna on these plateaus. Many of the tepuis developed their own species in a form of microevolution.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Nannopsittaca
Species:
panychlora
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 14cm (5.5 in) | Not available |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults mainly green in colour; area around eye green/yellow, more so under eye; yellow wash on forehead, lores and chin, less evident in female; black bend of wing; pale yellow carpal edge. Bill dusky brown. Eye dark brown.
Colourization Juvenile: Undescribed, but thought to be like adults.
Call: Calls made in flight are continuous, high-pitched tinkling notes, not unlike the jangling of a chain.
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Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E285.htm&Pic=285_1.JPG
Dictionary.com http://www.reference.com/search?q=tepuis&db=web
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1629&m=0
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
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