Scarlet-fronted parakeet
Scarlet-fronted parakeet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Genus: | Psittacara |
Species: | P. wagleri
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Binomial name | |
Psittacara wagleri (GR Gray, 1845)
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Synonyms | |
Aratinga wagleri |
The scarlet-fronted parakeet (Psittacara wagleri), also known as the scarlet-fronted conure, red-fronted conure or Wagler's conure, is a long-tailed South American species of parrot. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and especially high-altitude shrubland and forest; it is also known to visit heavily degraded former forest. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Cordilleran parakeet, and still is by some authorities.
Description[]
Red plumage may extend over the top of the head to just behind the eyes, depending on the race. Scattered red feathering may also be present on the throat and wings. Thighs are red. Sexes are alike. Young birds have greatly reduced area of red on the head.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Psittacara wagleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T62293391A95196807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T62293391A95196807.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ 1956-, Alderton, David (2004). The new encyclopedia of American birds. Barrett, Peter, 1935-. London: Hermes House/Annesse Pub. ISBN 0681643048. OCLC 55654459.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
External links[]
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- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Psittacara
- Birds of the Colombian Andes
- Birds of the Venezuelan Andes
- Birds of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
- Birds of the Venezuelan Coastal Range
- Birds described in 1845
- Taxa named by George Robert Gray
- Parrot stubs