Maroon-fronted Parrot |
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Also known as: Maroon-fronted Macawlet
Maroon-fronted Parrots
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Related publications: Rhynchopsitta terrisiSpecies Profile
Genus: Rhynchopsitta | Species: terrisi
Size:
40cm (15.6 in)
Weight:
400-450g.
Subspecies including nominate:
one
Colour Adult:
Both adults: dark green body, paler green on cheeks and ear coverts; forehead, forecrown dark maroon stripe; bend of wing, carpal edge and thighs dark red; greater underwing coverts grey/olive. Bill black, bare eye ring brown/yellow, eye orange/yellow.
Colour Juvenile:
As in adult but with maroon stripe absent, bend of wing and carpal edge green; less red on thighs. Bill horn coloured with grey at base of upper mandible. Eye brown.
Call:
Notes are high-pitched and rolling.
Listen NowMore Information:
Content Sources:
CITES
BirdLife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998
Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.
ML Media Collection Catalogue 89565, Maroon-fronted Parrot Rhynchopsitta terrisi, Duncan, Charles, Coahuila, Mexico, Oct. 11 1997, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Site
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots, Forshaw, 2017.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Maroon-fronted Parrots
© Steve Milpacher
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View in GalleryDid You Know?
The diet of the Maroon-fronted Parrot, like that of the Thick-billed Parrot, is almost exclusively pine seeds.Academic Research
Related publications: Rhynchopsitta terrisiSpecies Care
Captive Status:
Rare
Longevity:
Not recorded.
Housing:
Not recorded.
Diet:
Not recorded.
Enrichment:
Not recorded.
Nest Box Size:
Not recorded.
Clutch Size:
2
Incubation Time:
Not recorded.
Fledging Age:
Not recorded.
Hatch Weight:
Not recorded.
Peak Weight:
Not recorded.
Weaning Weight:
Not recorded.
Maroon-fronted Parrots
© Steve Milpacher
Photos
View in GalleryDid You Know?
The diet of the Maroon-fronted Parrot, like that of the Thick-billed Parrot, is almost exclusively pine seeds.Academic Research
Related publications: Rhynchopsitta terrisiSpecies Wild Status
World Population:
1000-2500, decreasing.
IUCN Red List Status:
Endangered
CITES Listing:
Appendix I
Threat Summary:
The species' range is only 1,300 km2. Is affected by loss of habitat through intensive grazing, logging and conversion to agriculture. Annual fires destroy large areas of suitable habitat, as returning vegetation is likely to be chaparral bush. Based on determinations of habitat loss, it is estimated that 15-49% of its population has been lost in Mexico during the last century. Drought fuels fires and dries up natural water sources.
Range:
NE Mexico, restricted to 300km (180 mi) section of Sierra Madre Oriental in SE Coahuila, central-western Nuevo Leon, and SW Tamaulipas and sometimes to Queretaro.
Habitat:
Found at between 1300-3700m (4264-12140 ft), in highland mix Pinus, Abies, Quercus woodland, near cliff faces for roosting and nesting.
Wild Diet:
Seeds of Pinus species: P. arizonica, P. gregii, P. teocote, P. montezumae, P. cembroides, P. strobiformis, P. culminicola and seeds of Abies and Quercus. Also taken are the nectar, flowers and fruits of Agave macroculnis and A. gentry. Visits to clay licks have been documented.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Roosts in nest while breeding but outside the breeding season communally in trees or on cliffs; gregarious and noisy; conspicuous in high long-distance (up to 40km) flights to and from feeding areas.
Clutch and Egg Size:
2 ovate to rounded-ovate eggs, 39.5 x 30.5mm (1.5 x 1.2 in).
Breeding Season:
July-November. Nesting is colonial in cavities and crevices in tall limestone cliffs in or near mixed conifer forests.
Maroon-fronted Parrots
© Steve Milpacher
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The diet of the Maroon-fronted Parrot, like that of the Thick-billed Parrot, is almost exclusively pine seeds.Academic Research
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