Santarém Conure
Also known as:
Hellmayr's Parakeet
Also known as:
Hellmayr's Parakeet
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The Santarém Conure was historically considered a subspecies in the Pyrrhura picta complex.
Size:
22 cm (8.6 in)
Weight:
54-70 g (1.9-2.5 oz)
Subspecies including nominate:
Three: P.a. amazonum, P.a. snethlageae, P.a. lucida
Colour Adult:
P. a. amazonum: Both adults crown to nape dark brown; blue band in front of eyes; frons and face dark red/brown; brown-buff ear coverts; grey-green upper breast with grey-buff scalloping; lower breast yellow-buff with scalloping; green wing bend; brown-red patch in center of abdomen; brown-red tail with green at base. Beak grey-black. Eye orange-brown, with bare grey eye ring.
P. a. snethlageae: Both adults buff/white ear coverts; cream/buff upper breast, with dark brown feather shafts, and lower breast yellow/buff with feather shafts dark green; green bend of wing. Beak dark brown/grey. Eye ring bare and brown with yellow markings. Eye brown.
P.a. lucida: Adults somewhat smaller, have more pronounced bluish on forehead and brow and much cleaner whitish on lower bib.
Colour Juvenile:
P. a. amazonum: Juveniles duller than adults. Fine grey-white scalloping on breast. Brown-red patch less extensive on abdomen. Tail shorter. Eye-ring grey-white.
Call:
Calls made in flight described as coarse, rough and forceful; less harsh than that of other Pyrhurra sp.
More Information:
Content Sources:
AviList
BirdLife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots, Forshaw, 2017.
Captive Status:
Not recorded.
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Clutch Size:
5-7
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World Population:
Unknown, decreasing.
IUCN Red List Status:
Not Evaluated
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
As conspecific with Pyrrhura picta.
Threat Summary:
The primary threat is accelerating deforestation in the Amazon basin as land is cleared for cattle ranching and soy production. Over the past ten years, 11% of tree cover was lost within the range. As it has accelerated since 2016, the overall rate of habitat loss may currently be 22-23% over ten years. There is currently no evidence that trapping is a concern.
Range:
A.a. amazonum: Eastern Amazonia in northern Brazil, south of the Amazon from the west bank of the Rio Tapajós east to the Rio Tocantins, and on the north bank of the Amazon opposite the mouth of the Rio Tapajós.
A.a. snethlageae: Drainage of Rio Madeira (occurring on both banks), in Amazonian Bolivia and west-central Brazil.
A.a. lucida: Region of Rio Teles Pires at confluence with Rio Cristalino, and Rio Peixoto de Azuvedo, Mato Grosso, in west-central Brazil.
Habitat:
Found up to 600 m (1968 ft) in wooded habitats, including terra firme forest and edge, forested savannas, and seasonally flooded várzea.
Wild Diet:
Food items include fruits, flowers and seeds of Erythrina, Mauritia palms, Cecropia catkins, and Diptera larvae. Also, Goupia glabra, Trema micrantha, Bagassa guianensis and Euterpe oleracea.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Found in flocks of 5 to 12 birds. During breeding season seen in pairs and families. Flight is swift and direct. Birds visit watercourses each day to bathe, and have been seen bathing in spray from a nearby waterfall.
Clutch and Egg Size:
5-7 elliptical eggs, 26.5 x 19.0 mm (1 x 0.7 in).
Breeding Season:
Possibly September-November. Nest is in tree cavity.
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