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Pyrrhura frontalis
Photo by Aracari

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.

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