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Female eating jowar. Male P. e. nipalensis attending to a nest in a tree hole in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The Alexandrine parakeet has a variety of calls, including a ringing trrrieuw, loud kree-aar or keeak, deep klak-klak-klak-klak and resonant gr-aak. Its calls are usually deeper, harsher and more resonant than those of the rose-ringed ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 February 2025. Small, long-tailed, seed-eating parakeet Budgerigar Temporal range: Pliocene–Holocene Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N Blue cere indicates male Flaking brown cere indicates female in breeding condition Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain ...
Various visual signals act in combination to attract a mate and female choice will shift toward several particularly exaggerated traits. [20] In the red-legged partridge, male carotenoid ornamentation is positively correlated with relative reproductive investment of the female. This species has variable egg laying capacity and females who mated ...
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The Carolina parakeet was a small, green parrot very similar in size and coloration to the extant jenday parakeet and sun conure – the sun conure being its closest living relative. [ 20 ] The majority of the parakeets' plumage was green with lighter green underparts, a bright yellow head and orange forehead and face extending to behind the ...
The black swan, Cygnus atratus is a large waterbird which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia.An estimated one-quarter of all black swans pairings are homosexual and they steal nests, or form temporary threesomes with females to obtain eggs, driving away the female after she lays the eggs.
The sun conure (Aratinga solstitialis), also known as the sun parakeet, is a medium-sized, vibrantly colored parrot native to northeastern South America. The adult male and female are similar in appearance, with black beaks, predominantly golden-yellow plumage, orange-flushed underparts and face, and green and blue-tipped wings and tails.
The Australian budgerigar, or shell parakeet, is a popular pet and the most common parakeet. Parakeets comprise about 115 species of birds that are seed-eating parrots of small size, slender build, and long, tapering tails. [citation needed] The Australian budgerigar, also known as "budgie", Melopsittacus undulatus, is probably the most common ...