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Blue-throated Parakeet

From Opus

Pyrrhura cruentata
Photo by Ciro AlbanoLocation:  Estação Veracel Private Reserve, Porto Seguro, state of Bahia, NE Brazil
Photo by Ciro Albano
Location: Estação Veracel Private Reserve, Porto Seguro, state of Bahia, NE Brazil

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[edit] Identification

30 cm. Dark brown crown, mottled nape. dark red lores, green cheeks, bright blue gorget, dark green underparts, large, red belly patch, brighter green upperparts, blue outer primaries, red shoulder patch, yellow and green tail, dark bill. Immature - duller with less red.

[edit] Distribution

Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Canopy of lowland humid forest.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes seeds and fruit.

They nest in tree cavities and 2-4 eggs are laid.

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