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White-eared Conure  

Also Known As: White-eared Parakeet, Maroon-faced Parakeet
 
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Captive White-eared Conure

Credit: © Mary Jo Yarberry
 
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Did You Know?
The Pyrrhura conures differ in their mode of flight from the Aratinga conures - the Pyrrhuras have more swift, undulating flight, whereas the Aratingas flight is more straight, direct.

Species Profile
Genus:
Pyrrhura

Species:
leucotis

Size: Adult Weight:
23cm (9 in) 50-53g (1.75-1.85 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults mainly green; brown crown to nape, with strong blue wash on forecrown; hindneck with blue collar; brown/purple thin frontal band area around eyes and lores to upper cheeks; dull blue lower wash on cheeks; off-white ear coverts; green breast and throat with off-white and dark brown barring; brown/red centre of abdomen and patch on lower back to upper tail coverts; red bend of wing; maroon tail. Bill brown/grey. Eye ring pale grey/brown. Eye brown/orange.

Colourization Juvenile: In general duller than adults, with fainter barring on breast; red abdominal patch has scattered green feathers. Cere and eye-ring bare and grey/white.

Call: Calls made in flight are sharp and rapidly repeated three or four times. Also a high-pitched, staccato series of notes, and occasional single notes when perched.

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Content Sources:

Central Pets http://www.centralpets.com/animals/birds/parrots/prt1347.html

Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E251.htm&Pic=251_1.JPG

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=32203&m=0

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.