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Yellow-chevroned Parakeet  

Also Known As: Canary-winged Parakeet, Behn's Parakeet (B.c. behni)
 
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Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

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Did You Know?
The Yellow-chevroned Parakeet is an arboreal termite nest breeder. The termite nest is called a termitarium.

Species Profile
Genus:
Brotogeris

Species:
chiriri

Size: Adult Weight:
22cm (8.6 in) 72g (2.5 oz)

Races including nominate:
two: B.c. chiriri, B.c. behni

Colourization Adult: B.c. chiriri: both adults pale yellow/green in colour, more so on underparts; lores green; green primary feathers basally tinged with blue; green secondary feathers; yellow secondary coverts. Bill orange/brown. Eye ring creamy white. Eye dark brown. B.c. behni: both adults as in chiriri, but lacking the yellow tinge to the green body colour; larger in size.

Colourization Juvenile: B.c. chiriri: as in adults but with shorter tail. Bill darker brown.

Call: Calls made in flight are shrill and metallic; also abrupt, loud squawks when taking flight. Emits low, chattering notes while feeding.

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Content Sources:

Winged Wisdom E-Zine http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww23eiv.htm

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E279.htm&Pic=279_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=1623&m=0

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

xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php

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

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.