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[[Image:31557Scarlet-fronted-parakeet555.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Peter+de+Haas|Peter de Haas}}<br /> Huaraz, [[Peru]], January 2007]]
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;[[: Category:Psittacara|Psittacara]] wagleri
  
;[[: Category:Psittacara|Psittacara]] wagleri
 
[[Image:31557Scarlet-fronted-parakeet555.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Peter+de+Haas|Peter de Haas}}<br /> Huaraz, [[Peru]] ]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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[[Image:Scarlet-frontedParakeetSJ.jpg|thumb|375px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}} <br />  San Martín, [[Peru]]  January 2017]]
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34–36 cm 13¼-14¼ in
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*Green overall plumage
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*Yellower on underparts
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*Red forehead and crown
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*Red flecks on thoat
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*White orbital ring (bare skin<br />
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Sexes similar
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], and [[Venezuela]].  
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[[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] and [[Bolivia]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
Formerly placed in genus ''[[: Category:Aratinga|Aratinga]]''.
 
Formerly placed in genus ''[[: Category:Aratinga|Aratinga]]''.
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====Subspecies====
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[[Image:Scarlet-fronted Parakeets Jaen sewage ponds.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Jaén sewage ponds, Cajamarca, [[Peru]], January 2017]]
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*''P. w. wagleri'':
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:*North [[Colombia]] (south to n Nariño) and extreme north-western [[Venezuela]]
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*''P. w. transilis'':
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:*Extreme eastern Colombia to northern Venezuela
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*''P. w. frontatus'':
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:*West [[Ecuador]] and western [[Peru]] (south to Arequipa)
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*''P. w. minor'':
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:*Central and southern-central Peru (Marañón Valley south to Ayacucho)
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
[[Image:Scarlet-frontedParakeetSJ.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}} <br />  San Martín, [[Peru]]  January-2017 ]]
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Light evergreen cloud forests and forest edges, disturbed secondary rain forest. Mixed woodland and agricultural areas. Sewage ponds surrounded by rice fields. Observed at heights ranging between 698 m and 1,110 m.
Forests, moist montanes and high altitude shrubland.
 
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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They normally feed up in the canopy on a variety of fruit and nuts.
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====Breeding====
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They build their nests in a crack in a cliff face.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
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#BF Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Psittacara+wagleri}}
 
{{GSearch|Psittacara+wagleri}}

Revision as of 22:19, 24 June 2017

Photo by Peter de Haas
Huaraz, Peru, January 2007
Psittacara wagleri

Identification

Photo by Stanley Jones
San Martín, Peru January 2017

34–36 cm 13¼-14¼ in

  • Green overall plumage
  • Yellower on underparts
  • Red forehead and crown
  • Red flecks on thoat
  • White orbital ring (bare skin

Sexes similar

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Aratinga.

Subspecies

Photo by Stanley Jones
Jaén sewage ponds, Cajamarca, Peru, January 2017
  • P. w. wagleri:
  • P. w. transilis:
  • Extreme eastern Colombia to northern Venezuela
  • P. w. frontatus:
  • P. w. minor:
  • Central and southern-central Peru (Marañón Valley south to Ayacucho)

Habitat

Light evergreen cloud forests and forest edges, disturbed secondary rain forest. Mixed woodland and agricultural areas. Sewage ponds surrounded by rice fields. Observed at heights ranging between 698 m and 1,110 m.

Behaviour

Diet

They normally feed up in the canopy on a variety of fruit and nuts.

Breeding

They build their nests in a crack in a cliff face.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
  4. BF Member observations

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External Links

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