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[[Image:Maroon-bellied_Parakeet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Aracari]] | [[Image:Maroon-bellied_Parakeet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Aracari]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | Photographed: | + | Photographed: Cubato, SP, Brazil. |
Also known as: | Also known as: | ||
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Krieg's Conure/Parakeet (P. f. kriegi) or (P. f. frontalis) | Krieg's Conure/Parakeet (P. f. kriegi) or (P. f. frontalis) | ||
| − | + | These birds range from 25 to 28cm, and are primarily green, with a maroon patch on the belly, a yellow-green barred ("scaly") breast and front and sides of neck, brownish ear patch, black beak, and maroon undertail. The primaries are blue on outerwebs, green on innerwebs, and dark on the tips. | |
| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | The Maroon-bellied Conure, Pyrrhura frontalis, is a small parrot found from Southeastern Brazil through Northern Argentina, including Paraguay and Uruguay and maybe the Eastern tip of Bolivia. | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
Revision as of 14:15, 5 June 2007
- Pyrrhura frontalis
Identification
Photographed: Cubato, SP, Brazil.
Also known as:
Maroon-bellied Parakeet Reddish-bellied Conure/Parakeet Brown-eared Conure/Parakeet Scaly-breasted Conure/Parakeet Azara's Conure/Parakeet (P. f. chiripepe) Blaze-winged Conure/Parakeet (P. f. devillei) Bronze-winged Conure/Parakeet (P. f. devillei) Krieg's Conure/Parakeet (P. f. kriegi) or (P. f. frontalis)
These birds range from 25 to 28cm, and are primarily green, with a maroon patch on the belly, a yellow-green barred ("scaly") breast and front and sides of neck, brownish ear patch, black beak, and maroon undertail. The primaries are blue on outerwebs, green on innerwebs, and dark on the tips.
Distribution
The Maroon-bellied Conure, Pyrrhura frontalis, is a small parrot found from Southeastern Brazil through Northern Argentina, including Paraguay and Uruguay and maybe the Eastern tip of Bolivia.
