Alternative name: Flame-winged Parakeet; Flame-winged Conure; Brown-backed Parakeet; Brown-breasted Conure; Brown-backed Conure
- Pyrrhura calliptera
Identification
22–23 cm.
- Brown crown and nape with green fringes
- Green face with dusky markings and white bare orbital ring
- Deep reddish brown ear-coverts
- Mid-brown breast and sides of neck lightly barred buff
- Green underparts with reddish brown on belly
- Green upperparts with yellow carpal edge and primary coverts, often with some orange
- Blue primaries
- Reddish-brown tail
Immatures don't have yellow in wing.
Distribution
South America: found in the eastern Andes of Colombia (Boyacá and Cundinamarca).
A restricted-range species, obviously extinct on the western slope of the eastern Andes (last recorded in 1913 as common). Threatened by habitat loss.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Cloud forest, second growth, elfin woodland and srubbery with areas of subparamo and man-made clearings.
Found at 1700 to 3400m.
Behaviour
Feeds on blueberries, blackberries, fruit of different bushes and trees, seeds and maize.
Breeding season from August to October. No other information.
No information on possible movements.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 1997. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334221
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Brown-breasted Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown-breasted_Parakeet
