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Wavy-breasted Conure
Also Known As: Wavy-breasted Parakeet
Pair of Wavy-breasted conures in captivity
Credit: © Anthony Snell
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Did You Know?
The Wavy-breasted Conure was formerly a sub-species of the Painted Conure.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Pyrrhura
Species:
peruviana
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 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.
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Content Sources:
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_species_new_to_science_described_in_the_2000s
ML Media Collection Catalogue 140684, Wavy-breasted Parakeet Pyrrhura roseifrons peruviana, Harvey, Michael, Junin, Peru, Nov. 19 2008, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006
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