Fire-winged Parakeet
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The fire-winged parakeet ( Brotogeris pyrrhoptera ) is a species of the New World parrots. It occurs only in a very small area in South America . The species is on the IUCN as endangered ( endangered classified).
Appearance
The fire-winged parakeet reaches a body length of 20 centimeters. As with all narrow-nosed parakeets , the plumage is predominantly green. The parting and the back of the head are bluish. The forehead, neck, reins, ear covers and cheeks, on the other hand, are light gray. The plumage of the neck, chest, belly and thighs is greenish yellow. The back and the upper tail-coverts are dark green. The eponymous under wing coverts and the flanks are bright orange.
The beak is brightly horn-colored. The eye ring is bare and whitish. The iris is dark brown. The feet are flesh-colored.
Distribution area, population and behavior
The range of the fire-winged parakeet is very small and extends from southwest Ecuador to the extreme northwest of Peru . It covers only 9,300 square kilometers. The stocks have decreased dramatically since the 1980s. The IUCN estimates that there are only 15,000 fire-winged parakeets left in the wild. The cause of the decline is an excessive catch for the bird trade. Between 1983 and 1988 alone, almost 60,000 fire-winged parakeets came into the bird trade. To what extent habitat destruction also plays a role is unclear. The fact that the fire-winged parakeet is pursued as an agricultural pest in some places may also play a role in the population decline.
The habitat of the fire-winged parakeet are deciduous forests and dry bushland of the tropical zone. The breeding season falls from January to August. The peak of the breeding season, however, are the months of January to March, which coincide with the rainy season . Fire-winged parakeets live in pairs or in small schools. They eat seeds, fruits and flowers. Their food spectrum also includes corn and bananas, so that they occasionally invade cultivated land.
Keeping in human care
Fire-winged parakeets were first imported to Europe in 1862. The first breeding took place in Denmark in 1898 . They were frequently imported, especially in the 1980s, which led to the sharp decline in stocks in their area of distribution. The imported birds were often juveniles raised by hand by the Indians of Peru and Ecuador. The fire-winged parakeets raised in this way proved to be extremely tame in keeping, which contributed to the popularity of the fire-winged parakeet in pet bird keeping.
supporting documents
literature
- Thomas Arndt : South American Parakeets - Encyclopedia of Parrots and Parakeets. Volume 5, Horst Müller-Verlag , Walsrode 1986, ISBN 3-923269-09-9 .
Individual evidence
Web links
- BirdLife Factsheet , accessed May 31, 2009
- Brotogeris pyrrhoptera in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.1. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2013.