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Crimson-bellied Parakeet

From Opus

Pyrrhura perlata

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[edit] Identification

24cm.

  • Green
  • Breast brown, barred off white and dark brown
  • Yellow/green cheeks
  • Blue lower cheeks
  • Blue collar
  • Wing bend is red
  • Red belly and lesser underwing coverts
  • Blue thighs
  • Brown-red tail
  • Bare white eye ring
  • Brown-grey bill
  • Dark brown iris

Juvenile

  • Green lower breast
  • Green belly
  • Horn coloured bill, pale grey at base

[edit] Distribution

Brazil and Bolivia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Forest.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes fruit, berries and blossoms.

[edit] References

Wikipedia; World Parrot Trust

[edit] External Links

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