Print This | Tell-a-Friend



Yellow-eared Conure  

Also Known As: Yellow-eared Parrot or Parakeet
 
MAIN_yellow_eared_conure_4

Yellow-eared Conure foraging

Credit: (c) Nick Athanas | http://www.antpita.com
 
photos Photos videoVideo 1
Video 2
videoVideo 3
 
eNewsletter SIGNUP FOR EMAIL UPDATES
Did You Know?
The traditional roost site for Yellow-eared Conures in Ecuador has been purchased and is being re-forested, so that this bird may return to this area.

Species Profile
Genus:
Ognorhynchus

Species:
icterotis

Size: Adult Weight:
42cm (16.4 in) 285g (10 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults large green parrots with long tail and heavy, grey/black bill; dark green upperparts; underparts pale green/yellow; yellow forehead, lores, upper cheeks and ear coverts; ear coverts elongated into plumes; pink/white bare skin at base of lower mandible. Eye ring bare and grey, eye orange.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but tail shorter and eye brown.

Call: Unusual calls, nasal or goose-like notes given by members of group to produce far-carrying, conversational sounds.

Listen now

Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results

 

Content Sources:

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1583&m=0

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

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

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

Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.