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Common Name Scientific name Distribution Tui parakeet: Brotogeris sanctithomae: Brazil, and Amazonian Peru, Bolivia, eastern Ecuador, and south-eastern Colombia. Plain parakeet: Brotogeris tirica: Brazil. White-winged parakeet: Brotogeris versicolurus: southeast Colombia to the river's mouth in Brazil. Yellow-chevroned parakeet, canary-winged ...
The pale-headed rosella (Platycercus adscitus), is a broad-tailed parrot of the genus Platycercus native to northeastern Australia.It is a moderate-size parrot with a pale yellow head, predominantly white cheeks, scalloped black and gold back and pale blue underparts.
The most commonly used name kākāriki is Māori in origin meaning "small parrot" (from kākā ‘parrot’ and riki ‘small’); [1] it has also been used to refer to the colour green because of the birds' predominantly green plumage. [2] [3] The patches of red on the birds' rumps are, according to legend, the blood of the demigod Tāwhaki. [4]
The bird has white skin, with its face having nearly no feathers beside a few black ones spaced apart from each other forming a striped pattern around the eyes. The irises are pale light yellow. [citation needed] Blue-and-yellow macaws can live from 30 to 35 years in the wild, and reach sexual maturity between the ages of 3 and 6 years. [7]
The blue-crowned parakeet is a medium-sized bird measuring approximately 37 cm (14.5 in) in length and weighing between 140 and 190 g (4.9 and 6.7 oz). Blue-crowns are born with red coloring around the head, but blue-crowns are predominantly green, with dull blue coloring on the forehead, crown, cheeks, and ears in the nominate , but less blue ...
The turacos, plantain eaters and go-away-birds make up the bird family Musophagidae. They are medium-sized arboreal birds. The turacos and plantain eaters are brightly coloured, usually in blue, green or purple. The go-away birds are mostly grey and white. Livingstone's turaco, Tauraco livingstonii; Schalow's turaco, Tauraco schalowi
The official checklist of birds of Israel is maintained by the Israeli Rarities and Distribution Committee (IRDC). [2] This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition. The ...
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