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Napo River tributary, Peru, April 2010

Aratinga weddellii

[edit] Identification

25-28cm.

• Green
• Grey brown head
• Tail is blue tipped
• Remiges are dark grey below, blue above
• Broad white eye ring
• Shiny black bill

[edit] Distribution

South America: found from south-eastern Colombia to northern Bolivia and adjacent western Amazonian Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

[edit] Habitat

Swamps, semi open forest, sugar cane and coffee plantations.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insect larvae, fruit, seeds, and flowers.

[edit] Breeding

They nest in woodpecker holes or arboreal termite nests; both sexes incubate the eggs and care for the young.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Wikipedia
3. Arthur Grosset

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