Yellow-chevroned Parakeet (Brotogeris chiriri)

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
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Species Profile

Genus: Brotogeris | Species: chiriri

Size:

22cm (8.6 in)

Weight:

72g (2.5 oz)

Subspecies including nominate:

two: B.c. chiriri, B.c. behni

Colour Adult:

B.c. chiriri: Both adults pale yellow/green in colour, more so on underparts; lores green; green primary feathers basally tinged with blue; green secondary feathers; yellow secondary coverts. Bill orange/brown. Eye ring creamy white. Eye dark brown.
B.c. behni: Both adults as in chiriri, but lacking the yellow tinge to the green body colour; larger in size.

Colour Juvenile:

B.c. chiriri: As in adults but with shorter tail. Bill darker brown.

Call:

Calls made in flight are shrill and metallic; also abrupt, loud squawks when taking flight. Emits low, chattering notes while feeding.

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More Information:

Avibase

Content Sources:

CITES
BirdLife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
ML Media Collection Catalogue 109934, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri, Medler, Matthew, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Jun. 6 2001, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Site
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977. 2010 edition
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Lexicon of Parrots, Thomas Arndt.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
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The Yellow-chevroned Parakeet is an arboreal termite nest breeder. The termite nest is called a termitarium.

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Related publications: Brotogeris chiriri

Species Care

Captive Status:

Not common.

Longevity:

Not recorded, but other Brotogeris species average around 15-20 yrs.

Housing:

Aviary or suspended enclosure, minimum length 2m (6.5 ft).

Diet:

Fruits such as: apple, pear, banana, orange, pomegranate, cactus fruits, forming about 30 percent of the diet; vegetables (if taken) such as: carrot, celery, green beans and peas in the pod; green leaves such as: Swiss chard, lettuce, sowthistle, dandelion, chickweed; spray millet; small seed mix such as: canary, millet, and smaller amounts of oats, buckwheat, safflower and a little hemp; soaked and sprouted sunflower seed; cooked beans and pulses, boiled maize, and complete pellet.

Enrichment:

Loves bathing so provide overhead misters or bowls of water. Also provide ladders, swings, numerous perches, puzzle/foraging toys, bird safe wooden chew toys, vegetable tanned leather toys.

Nest Box Size:

Nest log or vertical box 8" x 8" x 14" (20.3cm x 20.3cm x 35.5cm).

Clutch Size:

3-6

Incubation Time:

26 days

Fledging Age:

7 weeks

Hatch Weight:

Not recorded.

Peak Weight:

Not recorded.

Weaning Weight:

Not recorded.

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
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The Yellow-chevroned Parakeet is an arboreal termite nest breeder. The termite nest is called a termitarium.

Academic Research

Related publications: Brotogeris chiriri

Species Wild Status

World Population:

Unknown, stable.

IUCN Red List Status:

Least Concern

CITES Listing:

Appendix II

Threat Summary:

This species is threatened by trapping, with more than 76,000 recorded in trade. Has benefitted from some habitat alteration (where recently colonised in the US) and not from others such as bush fire (in native range).

Range:

B.c. chiriri: Interior of E Brazil to E Bolivia, Paraguay and N Argentina in Formosa, Chaco, Misiones and N Corrientes. Introduced populations in Miami, Florida and California.
B.c. behni: C Bolivia to NW Argentina, in Salta.

Habitat:

Found mostly below 1000m (3280 ft), locally up to 2500m (8200 ft) in a variety of habitats including moist, seasonal and riparian forests, pantanal, savanna and city parks. Race behni reported to 2500m (8200 ft) in arid zones.

Wild Diet:

Diet comprises over 40 different plant species, including fruits of queen palm Syagrus romanzoffiana, floss-silk tree, Qualea parviflora, and Qualea grandiflora. Curatella americana seeds, Copernicia alba (pulp), Attalea phalerata (pulp), Tabebuia heptaphylla (flower), Crataeva tapia and Cecropia pachystachya (pulp, seed), Banara arguta (pulp, seed), Erythrina fusca (flower), Erythrina dominquezii (nectar, aril), Inga vera (nectar, aril), Lonchocarpus sericeus (nectar), Ficus spp. pulp and seed, Vitex cymosa (flower, pulp, seed), and many others.

Ecology and Behaviour:

Social, forming large flocks and communal roosts outside breeding season. These flocks consist of up to several hundred birds.

Clutch and Egg Size:

3-6 rounded eggs, 23.0 x 19.0mm (0.9 x 0.7 in).

Breeding Season:

January-May. Nest type unknown, although one feral nest in Miami FL, USA was found in a palm tree cavity. One study found a nest cavity in an arboreal termite mound.

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The Yellow-chevroned Parakeet is an arboreal termite nest breeder. The termite nest is called a termitarium.

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