Maroon-faced Conure |
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Also known as: Maroon-faced Parakeet, Pfrimer's Conure or Parakeet, Goiás Parakeet
Maroon-faced Conure
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The Maroon-faced Conure was once a subspecies of the White-eared Conure, Pyrrhura leucotis.Academic Research
Related publications: Pyrrhura pfrimeriSpecies Profile
Genus: Pyrrhura | Species: pfrimeri
Size:
22cm (8.6 in)
Weight:
Not recorded.
Subspecies including nominate:
one
Colour Adult:
Both adults brown/red face and ear coverts; dull blue crown to hindneck; dull green/blue throat, the feathers having white margins; blue/green breast barred with white and dark brown; brown/red centre of abdomen and patch on lower back to upper tail coverts; red bend of wing; maroon tail with green at bases of outer webs of lateral feathers. Bill grey/black. Eye ring grey/white. Eye brown/orange.
Colour Juvenile:
Like adults.
Call:
As in White-eared Conure, in flight sharp notes repeated rapidly three or four times; also high-pitched, short notes and small peeps while perched.
Listen NowMore Information:
Content Sources:
BirdLife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998
xeno-canto Pfrimer's Parakeet, Albano, Ciro, XC57811
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006. 2010 edition
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots, Forshaw, 2017.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Lexicon of Parrots, Thomas Arndt.
Maroon-faced Conure
© Lander Van Niewenhuyse [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Flickr
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The Maroon-faced Conure was once a subspecies of the White-eared Conure, Pyrrhura leucotis.Academic Research
Related publications: Pyrrhura pfrimeriSpecies Care
Captive Status:
Rare in captivity.
Longevity:
Probably 13-15 yrs
Housing:
Aviary or suspended enclosure, minimum length 2m (6.5 ft).
Diet:
(Based on diet for the White-eared Conure, once a conspecific) Fruit such as: apple, pear, banana, orange, cactus fruits, pomegranate, forming 30 percent of the diet; vegetables such as: carrot, celery, green beans, peas in the pod; fresh corn; green leaves such as: Swiss chard, lettuce, sowthistle, dandelion, chickweed; spray millet; small seed mix such as: canary, millet, and smaller amounts of oats, buckwheat, safflower and a little hemp; soaked and sprouted sunflower seed; cooked beans and pulses, boiled maize, and complete pellet.
Enrichment:
Enjoys bathing, so provide overhead misters or shallow bathing bowls of water; also needs space, as is avid flier. Also is a vigorous chewer, so provide bird-safe, unsprayed flowering, fir, pine and willow branches, wooden toys, vegetable tanned leather toys, heat sterilized pine cones and puzzle/foraging toys.
Nest Box Size:
Vertical box 8" x 8" x 28" (20.3cm x 20.3cm x 71cm).
Clutch Size:
3-8
Incubation Time:
20-24 days for large clutch.
Fledging Age:
6-7 weeks
Hatch Weight:
3-4g (0.1-0.15 oz)
Peak Weight:
Not recorded.
Weaning Weight:
Not recorded.
Maroon-faced Conure
© Lander Van Niewenhuyse [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Flickr
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The Maroon-faced Conure was once a subspecies of the White-eared Conure, Pyrrhura leucotis.Academic Research
Related publications: Pyrrhura pfrimeriSpecies Wild Status
World Population:
20,000-50,000, decreasing.
IUCN Red List Status:
Endangered
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
Threat Summary:
Given the rapid rate of deforestation within the species' restricted range, it is suspected to be declining very rapidly. Ongoing work suggests there may now be fewer than 50,000 individuals remaining, a loss of up to 75% of the population.
Range:
Recorded only from Serra Geral massif and Rio Paraná, northeastern Goiás and southeastern Tocantins.
Habitat:
Found up to 600m (1968 ft) in semi-deciduous or deciduous forest on limestone outcrops.
Wild Diet:
Diet includes flowers of Tabebuia impetiginosa, Bauhinia; fruits of Ficus gomeleira, cultivated Psidium guajava, and seeds of Hyptis, as well as Cecropia catkins. Also includes cultivated rice Oryza sativa, fruits of Ficus gomeleira, fruit pulp of Pouteria, flower clusters of Maclura tinctoria, young leaves of Astronium urundeuva, shoots of Psittacanthus insects and their larvae.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Social, usually seen in flocks of up to 10 birds. Noisy and conspicuous in flight above canopy. Quiet and easily missed while feeding or resting in foliage.
Clutch and Egg Size:
3-8 rounded eggs, 26.5 x 20.5mm (1 x 0.8 in).
Breeding Season:
Reported in April-June. Nest is possibly in cavity in limestone rock face.
Related Links:
Wikipedia
Research: Distribution and dry season ecology of Pfrimer's Parakeet with a reappraisal of Brazilian Pyrrhura leucotis
Maroon-faced Conure
© Lander Van Niewenhuyse [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Flickr
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The Maroon-faced Conure was once a subspecies of the White-eared Conure, Pyrrhura leucotis.Academic Research
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