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However, the parakeets have been reported to have other food sources, including seeds, flower petals and buds, nectar, and lichens. During a 2010 to 2012 study on the eating habits of the golden-capped parakeets, the birds were noted to primarily ignore the exocarp and mesocarp or outer layers of the fruits in order to eat the seeds within.
The existence of this conure is threatened by habitat loss. However, golden-capped conures are prolific breeders, making them popular birds in aviculture, and hand-fed young are generally available. Golden-capped conures grow to about 13 to 14 inches (330 to 360 mm) in length and weigh about 150 grams (5.3 oz).
The golden parakeet or golden conure (Guaruba guarouba), or the Queen of Bavaria conure [3] is a medium-sized golden-yellow Neotropical parrot native to the Amazon Basin of interior northern Brazil. It is the only species placed in the genus Guaruba. Its plumage is mostly bright yellow, hence its common name, but it also possesses green remiges.
Jandaya parakeet or jenday conure (Aratinga jandaya) Orange and yellow with green wings and back. Black beak. Brazil [16] [17] Golden-capped parakeet (Aratinga auricapillus) 30 cm (12 in) long. Mostly green. Black beak. Orange-red belly, red face fading to yellow over the crown. [18] Brazil [19] Dusky-headed parakeet Weddell's conure or dusky ...
However, this is the only species of "conure" that is regularly referred to as such in ornithological circles; most others are called "parakeets" by authorities. The sun conure is monotypic, but the Aratinga solstitialis complex includes three additional species from Brazil: jandaya parakeet, golden-capped parakeet, and sulphur-breasted parakeet.
It also contains the largest flighted parrot in the world, the hyacinth macaw. Some species, such as the blue-and-yellow macaw and sun conure are popular pet parrots. Molecular studies have dated the divergence of the Arini tribe from the ancestral neotropical parrots to late in the Paleogene period about 30–35 million years ago.
Yellow-crowned parakeet: C. auriceps (Kuhl, 1820) i NT: New Zealand, Stewart Island, and Auckland Island: Malherbe's parakeet: C. malherbi de Souancé, 1857: CR: South Island (of New Zealand) Red-crowned parakeet: C. novaezelandiae (Sparrman, 1787) i NT: New Zealand and several nearby islands, New Caledonia, and Norfolk Island: Society parakeet ...
The nanday parakeet was previously regarded as a member of the monotypic genus Nandayus Bonaparte, 1854 one of the rough 16 genera of Neotropical parrots of tribe Arini which includes the conures and macaws. However, phylogenetic evidence showed that it is positioned in one of the four groups in the genus Aratinga.