- Psittacara wagleri
Aratinga wagleri
Identification
34–36 cm 13¼-14¼ in
- Green overall plumage
- Yellower on underparts
- Red forehead and crown
- Red flecks on thoat
- White orbital ring (bare skin
Sexes similar
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia and Venezuela.
Taxonomy
Formerly placed in genus Aratinga.
Cordilleran Parakeet was formerly included in Scarlet-fronted Parakeet.
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- P. w. wagleri:
- P. w. transilis:
- Extreme eastern Colombia to northern Venezuela
Habitat
Light evergreen cloud forests and forest edges, disturbed secondary rain forest. Mixed woodland and agricultural areas. Sewage ponds surrounded by rice fields. Observed at heights ranging between 698 m and 1,110 m.
Behaviour
Diet
They normally feed up in the canopy on a variety of fruit and nuts.
Breeding
They build their nests in a crack in a cliff face.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Scarlet-fronted Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 July 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Scarlet-fronted_Parakeet
External Links
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