Blue-necked Sparrow Parrot

Blue-necked Sparrow Parrot
	Blue-necked parrot ♂ ( Forpus coelestis )
Systematics
Order :	Parrots (Psittaciformes)
Family :	True parrots (Psittacidae)
Tribe :	New World Parrots (Arini)
Genre :	Sparrow Parrots ( Forpus )
Type :	Blue-necked Sparrow Parrot
Scientific name
	Forpus coelestis
	( Lesson , 1847)

The Pacific Parrotlet ( Forpus coelestis ), and blue neck Sperling parrot is a bird art from the family of authentics Parrots (Psittacidae).

Appearance

Blue-naped parrots are short-tailed parrots from 12 to 15 cm in length and are among the smallest parrots discovered so far. The wild form of the parrot is green and shows a clear sexual dimorphism . While the female is almost completely green (slightly blue on the neck), the rooster has strong blue markings on the neck and on the wing tips. There are now sparrows in many color mutations.

distribution

The blue-eyed parrot is found in the Pacific lowlands of Ecuador and northwestern Peru . The natural habitat consists of bushland and savannahs.

Sexual maturity and offspring

Sparrows are sexually mature at the age of nine to twelve months. The rearing of parrot parrots can be classified as relatively easy. The clutch is four to seven eggs, the nestling time about four weeks. Sparrows are cave breeders, which means they need a nesting box to breed.

Even with young animals, sex can be determined immediately through the already existing sex dimorphism. There are also exceptions, for example albinos .

Mutations

There are now many different color mutations. The most common are the following:

Blue series

blue
Blue pastel
Blue pastel dun
Blue-dun
Blue corner
Blue Isabell
Blue cinnamon
albino
US white

Green row

Greensheck
Falf Isabell
Lutino
Pastel (bird is yellowish)
Gray-green
US yellow
Fallow check
Dun
Isabell
cinnamon

Picture gallery (F. Coelestis)
Two wild-colored roosters
Hen wild colors
Hahn Lutino
Rooster blue
Hen pastel blue

literature

Blue-necked parrot ♀ ( Forpus coelestis )

Jörg Ehlenbröker , Renate Ehlenbröker, Eckhard Lietzow: Agapornids and parrot parrots: Edition Gefiederte Welt. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-8001-5431-9 .

Karl-Heinz Spitzer: Sparrow Parrots. Species and races, husbandry and breeding. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8001-7193-7 . Reprint: BoD, Norderstedt 2008, ISBN 978-3-8334-8551-0 .

Web links

Commons : Blue-winged Parrot - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Forpus coelestis inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2013.