Fan parrot
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Japanese parrot ( Deroptyus accipitrinus ) |
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| Deroptyus accipitrinus | ||||||||||
| ( Linnaeus , 1758) |
The compartments parrot ( Deroptyus accipitrinus ) is in pristine lowland rain forests of northern South America common Neuweltpapagei . It occurs in Colombia , Venezuela , Guyana , Brazil , Ecuador and Peru .
features
Fan parrots resemble Amazons and, like them, are of a green base color. The name-giving feature is a dark red feather hood on the back of the head with blue seams at the feather ends . The bonnet is set up during play, fear and aggression. The chest, stomach and neck are also covered by red feathers with blue borders. The forehead and crown are creamy white, the back, wings and sides are green. The underside of the tail and the tips of the wings are brown-black. The iris is yellow, the beak black-gray, the legs gray. Young birds lack the white parting. In addition, their underside is lighter, the iris is gray-brown and the lower beak is lighter. Fan parrots reach a length of 33 cm and a weight of 190 to 280 g.
Way of life
They usually live in small groups of up to 20 animals. They feed on nuts , fruits , seeds and berries . They build their nests in old woodpecker holes , where the two to four eggs are incubated for 26 days. After nine weeks, the young birds are fully fledged.
Vocalizations
Fan parrots can make a variety of sounds. The most common call is a short, sharp tone followed by two long tones. Another utterance is a high "slit", a louder call sounds like "Ghia-ghia-ghia". They also chatter and whistle softly.
subspecies
The dark- foreheaded fan parrot ( Deroptyus accipitrinus fuscifrons ) occurs only in the Brazilian state of Pará .
literature
- Sharmila Choudhury and Adam White: Parrots. Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft, 1998, ISBN 3-8290-1291-8 .
Web links
- Deroptyus accipitrinus onthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.1. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2013 ..