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Juvenile starting to get a few red feathers on its head. The red-masked parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys) [2] is a medium-sized parrot from Ecuador and Peru. It is popular as a pet and are better known in aviculture as the cherry-headed conure [3] or the red-headed conure. [4] They are also considered the best talkers of all the conures. [5]
The red-throated parakeet (Psittacara rubritorquis), called red-throated conure in aviculture [4], is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. [5] It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. [1]
The scarlet-fronted parakeet (Psittacara wagleri), known in aviculture as the scarlet-fronted conure, red-fronted conure, or Wagler's conure, [3] is a Near Threatened species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. [4] [1]
They are usually smaller, have more subdued colors, and are much quieter than the Aratinga conures. Pyrrhura species are growing in popularity as pet birds, primarily due to their quiet nature (relative to comparable companion parrots), their affectionate and intelligent personalities, and the increasing number of color mutations developed in ...
The red-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae), also known as red-fronted parakeet and by its Māori name of kākāriki, [3] is a small parrot from New Zealand. It is characterised by its bright green plumage and the red pattern on its head. This versatile bird can feed on a variety food items and can be found in many habitat types.
The ochre-marked parakeet (Pyrrhura cruentata) is a species of parrot native to Brazil.It is also known as blue-throated parakeet and red-eared conure in English and tiriba-grande, tiriba, cara-suja and fura-mato-grande in Portuguese.
The green-cheeked parrot is more commonly known as the green-checked parakeet or the green-checked conure. However, it does belong to the Psittacidae, or parrot, family. These small parrots only ...
The crimson-bellied parakeet's taxonomic history is potentially confusing. It has been assigned to several genera since its original description. Since the mid-1800s it was known as Pyrrhura rhodogaster, but following a 1983 review it was discovered that the type specimen for P. perlata, long believed to belong to the closely related pearly parakeet, actually was a juvenile crimson-bellied ...