Chocó Conure
Also known as:
Chocó Parakeet
Also known as:
Chocó Parakeet
Size:
24-25 cm (9 in)
Weight:
85 g (3.3 oz)
Subspecies including nominate:
one
Colour Adult:
Adults: Green forecrown, breast buff-coloured and narrowly barred, red primary coverts, red carpal edge, beak slate grey, eye ring grey and sparsely feathered, eye dark grey.
Colour Juvenile:
Not recorded.
Call:
Described as loud, raucous shrieking screeet screeet screeet in flight.
More Information:
Content Sources:
CITES
BirdLife International
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Knight, 2006.
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Captive Status:
Not found in aviculture.
Longevity:
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Housing:
—
Diet:
Not recorded.
Enrichment:
—
Nest Box Size:
—
Clutch Size:
Probably 4-5.
Fledging Age:
—
Hatch Weight:
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Peak Weight:
—
Weaning Weight:
—
World Population:
Unknown, stable.
IUCN Red List Status:
Least Concern
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
As conspecific with Pyrrhura melanura.
Threat Summary:
Not globally threatened. Is thought to be uncommon and declining in W Ecuador due to habitat loss. None have been reported from several protected areas, including Otonga private reserve. Not threatened by trade.
Range:
Found on the Pacific slope of Andes mountains in SW Colombia (Nariño), and NW Ecuador (S to W Cotopaxi).
Habitat:
Occupies various temperate to tropical habitat types, such as várzea, lowland and pre-montane rainforest and cloud forest up to 2200 m.
Wild Diet:
Feeds on a number of fruits and tree bark species: Ficus spp. (Moraceae) and Alchornea sp. (Rubiaceae) fruits.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Has been suggested to make seasonal or erratic movements in NW Ecuador.
Clutch and Egg Size:
Likely 4-5 eggs.
Breeding Season:
April-June.
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