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Wavy-breasted Conure  

Also Known As: Wavy-breasted Parakeet
 
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Pair of Wavy-breasted conures in captivity

Credit: (c) Anthony Snell
 
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Did You Know?
The Wavy-breasted Conure was formerly a sub-species of the Painted Conure.

Species Profile
Genus:
Pyrrhura

Species:
peruviana

Size: Adult Weight:
22cm (8.6 in) Presumed to be similar to Painted Conure: 85g (3 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults blue forehead; crown to nape dark brown; off-white ear coverts; upper breast dark brown scalloped with yellow, green lower breast scalloped with yellow. Bill black. Bare eye ring grey/white. Eye orange.

Colourization Juvenile: Undescribed

Call: Similar to that of Painted Conure: in flight a harsh, forceful pik-pik or pik...pik but less harsh than that of other Pyrrhura sp.

Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results

 

Content Sources:

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_species_new_to_science_described_in_the_2000s

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.