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Crimson-bellied Parakeet - BirdForum Opus

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Alta Floresta, Brazil
Pyrrhura perlata

Identification

24cm

  • Green
  • Breast brown, barred off white and dark brown
  • Yellowish-green cheeks
  • Blue lower cheeks
  • Blue collar
  • Wing bend is red
  • Red belly and lesser underwing coverts
  • Blue thighs
  • Brown-red tail
  • Bare white eye ring
  • Brownish-grey bill
  • Dark brown iris

Juvenile

  • Green lower breast
  • Green belly
  • Horn coloured bill, pale grey at base

Distribution

South America: found from Brazil (western Pará, eastern Amazonas and Mato Grosso) to northern Bolivia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Forest.

Behaviour

The diet includes fruit, berries and blossom.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Wikipedia
  3. World Parrot Trust

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External Links

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