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Maroon-bellied Conure (Pyrrhura frontalis)
Also Known As: Maroon-bellied Parakeet, Reddish-bellied Parakeet, Brown-eared Conure or Parakeet, Scaly-breasted Conure or Parakeet, Azara's Conure (P.f. chiripepe)
Status in the Wild
World Population:Not recorded
Range:
P.f. frontalis: SE Brazil from S Bahia and E Minas Gerais to Rio de Janeiro.
P.f. kriegi: SE Brazil, from W Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul.
P.f. chiripepe: Uruguay, N Argentina and S Paraguay.
Habitat:
Found up to 1400m (4592 ft) in a variety of woodland, forest, forest edge and pantanal habitats.
Threat Summary:
Rare to non-existent in some places owing to logging of forests for agriculture. Heavily traded through 1980s in wild bird trade.
IUCN Rating:
Least concern
Wild Diet:
Eats fruit pulp, seeds, flowers and plant parts, nuts, galls and fly larvae.
CITES Rating:
Appendix II
Ecology:
Social; usually found in flocks of 6-12, sometimes up to 40 birds. Visitor to gardens and urban parks.
Clutch and Egg Size:
4-7 rounded eggs, 26.0 x 21.0mm (1 x 0.8 in).
Breeding Season:
October-December
Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bjb/v62n2/10869.pdf
More Info Sites:
http://www.wpi.edu/Projects/Tufts/Da32.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroon-bellied_Parakeet
http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v106n04/p0769-p0770.pdf
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