Rose-faced Parrot
Also known as:
Beautiful Parrot
Also known as:
Beautiful Parrot
DID YOU KNOW?
The Rose-faced Parrot’s scientific name pulchra means “beautiful.”
Size:
23 cm (9 in)
Weight:
203-208 g (7.1-7.3 oz)
Subspecies including nominate:
one
Colour Adult:
Both adults mainly green in colour; dark grey/brown crown to nape; rose/pink lores to area around eye, ear coverts and hindcheeks; pale rose chin and forecheeks; dull olive/yellow hindneck, reaching to breast where turns to greenish colour; orange and yellow lesser wing coverts and forewing; green axillary feathers and sides of underbody; green tail tipped with blue, with red at base. Beak horn in colour. Eye ring white. Eye yellow.
Colour Juvenile:
Rose/pink on face confined to superciliary line and ear coverts; green/brown cheeks and chin; more green to crown and nape; olive/yellow tinge to green breast. Eye brown.
More Information:
Content Sources:
CITES
BirdLife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006. 2010 edition
Lexicon of Parrots, Thomas Arndt.
Captive Status:
Not usually seen in aviculture.
Longevity:
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Housing:
Large, planted and sheltered aviary, preferrably indoors. Minimum temperature 20 C (68 F).
Diet:
Fruits such as: apple, pear, ripe and unripe banana, cactus fruits; vegetables such as: carrots, celery, green beans and peas in the pod; green leaves such as: Swiss chard, lettuce, dandelion, sowthistle, chickweed; seed mix such as: safflower, different types of millet, oats, hemp and small amount of sunflower; vitamin and mineral supplements.
Enrichment:
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Nest Box Size:
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Clutch Size:
Not recorded.
Fledging Age:
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Hatch Weight:
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Peak Weight:
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Weaning Weight:
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World Population:
Unknown, but reported as uncommon and patchily distributed. Decreasing.
IUCN Red List Status:
Least Concern
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
Threat Summary:
Not globally threatened. A BirdLife “restricted-range” species. Is thought to be uncommon and sparsely distributed, but sometimes fairly numerous. Not seen in trade. Some forest remains within its range but is under intensifying logging pressure, most notably in Ecuador. Is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover in its range is estimated to have declined by 3.2% over the past three generations. Therefore, it is tentatively suspected that this may have led to a 1-19% decline in the species’ population over the same period.
Range:
West of Andes in Colombia and W Ecuador.
Habitat:
Found up to 1600 m (5248 ft) in mature wet evergreen forest and forest edge, tall secondary growth, plantations and clearings with scattered trees.
Wild Diet:
Small fruits and some cultivated bananas.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Social, forming flocks of 25 or more. Forages in middle and upper storeys of canopy. Will perch conspicuously on dead branches overlooking the canopy. Flight is unique; swift with jerky sideways movements and upraised wings.
Clutch and Egg Size:
Not recorded.
Breeding Season:
January–March in north, November–December in centre of range.
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