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White-eyed Conure  (Aratinga leucophthalmus)

Also Known As: White-eyed Parakeet, Green Conure
 
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White-eyed Conure

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Did You Know?
The White-eyed Conure usually nests in a high tree cavity but may also nest in limestone caverns, particularly in Brazil.

Status in the Wild
World Population:
Not recorded

Range:
A.l. leucophthalmus: Guianas, NE Venezuela, from SE Sucre, Monagas, and N Anzoategui to NE Bolivar, and E Colombia, south from Meta, south through Brazil, except upper Amazon River basin, dry northeast and southeast, to E Bolivia, Paraguay and N Argentina, south to Catamarca and N Sante Fe and Entre Rios and into N Uruguay.
A.l. callogenys: Upper Amazonia, near foothills of Andes, in SE Colombia, E Ecuador, and NE Peru to NW Brazil.
A.l. propinquus: SE Brazil in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, to NE Argentina, in Misiones and Corrientes.
A.l. nicefori: One specimen collected at Guaicaramo, on Rio Guavio, Meta, Colombia. Possibly a hybrid.


Habitat:
Found up to 2500m (8200 ft) in a range of mainly lowland forest and woodland types. In Amazonia is found in tropical rainforest mostly near to rivers, scattered woodland and cultivated land in the pantanals, mangroves, savanna and palms; chaco woodland in the south, gallery and floodplain forests in Bolivia.

Threat Summary:
High volume of international trade, particularly in Argentina, where the species may be at some threat.

IUCN Rating:
Least concern

Wild Diet:
Feeds on fruits of palms, nuts, seeds, other fruits, berries, flowers and insects.

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Very gregarious, commonly forming flocks of several hundred birds which range widely along riverways between feeding areas and roosts. Roosts communally in trees, canefields and caves. Travels with Blue-crowned Conures, Blue-headed Parrots, Chestnut-fronted Macaws and Crimson-bellied Conures.

Clutch and Egg Size:
4 eggs, 31.0 x 25.0mm (1.2 x 1 in).

Breeding Season:
November-December, Argentina; July-August, E Peru; January-April, Mato Grosso.

Links to Other Project(s):
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:n01QqpB-sukJ:userwww.sfsu.edu/~sehgal/pdf%2520files/Masello%2520paper.pdf+white-eyed+conure+project&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=17&gl=ca

More Info Sites:
http://www.conure.org/aratinga_leucophthalmus.htm

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/birds/conures/White_eyed.php