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The Aratinga genus name was created to describe medium to small south American conures and parrots. As such, alongside its common name as the golden-capped parakeet, it is also called the golden-capped conure. [1]
Golden-capped conures (Aratinga auricapillus)—also known as golden-capped parakeets—are native to Brazil and Paraguay. Their natural habitats include subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, and plantations. The existence of this conure is threatened by habitat loss.
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.
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.
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 ...
El Oro Parakeets: Black-capped parakeet: P. rupicola (Tschudi, 1844) i NT: Around the Brazil/Peru/Bolivia border within the State of Acre and west of the Andes mountains White-breasted parakeet: P. albipectus Chapman, 1914: g VU: Zamora-Chinchipe Province: Flame-winged parakeet: P. calliptera (Massena and de Souancé, 1854) g VU: Andes ...
The golden-plumed parakeet (Leptosittaca branickii) is a Neotropical parrot species within the family Psittacidae, belonging to the monotypic genus Leptosittaca. [2] This somewhat Aratinga-like species is found in humid temperate highland forests, especially with Podocarpus, on the east Andean slope in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
The golden-winged parakeet is about 16 cm (6.3 in) long and weighs 47 to 80 g (1.7 to 2.8 oz). The species is almost entirely green. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a browish frontal band above the bill, and orange-brown spot on the chin, and bright orange primary coverts.