Golden-fronted Parakeet
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Golden-fronted Parakeets on a termite mound in Minas Gerais , Brazil |
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The golden- fronted parakeet ( Eupsittula aurea , Syn . : Aratinga aurea ) is a South American parrot species . In a review of the " Systema Naturæ " by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in the years 1788 to 1793, among other things, the golden-fronted parakeet is probably mentioned for the first time. The species has long been assigned to the Macaws ( Aratinga ). In the meantime, however, based on molecular genetic studies, it is placed in the genus Eupsittula .
features
The body length of the golden-fronted parakeet is 26 cm. It is a small, green Macaw with a black bill. The forehead and the front of the head are yellow-orange, the back of the head is dull blue. The eye ring is covered with feathers. Throat, cheeks and chest are pale brownish olive . The not recognized, larger subspecies Eupsittula aurea major hardly differs from Eupsittula aurea aurea . It is slightly darker green and the yellow-orange area on the forehead and front of the head is paler.
Golden-fronted Parakeets show no sexual dimorphism . Young birds are more paler in color, their pale gray eye ring is not covered by feathers.
distribution
The range of the golden-fronted parakeet stretches from southern Suriname and from the extreme northeast of Brazil to the south to eastern Bolivia , southeastern Peru and northwestern Argentina . The species increases in size along a geographic axis to the southwest. The distribution area of the possible subspecies Eupsittula aurea major is not clearly determined, there have been sightings from northern Paraguay .
Habitat and way of life
The golden-fronted parakeet prefers open forests, plots of commercial forest , pasture and scrubland with low vegetation up to heights of up to 600 m. It lives in pairs or in small groups of up to 8 birds. He looks for his food in tall grass, in bushes, in low trees and in the canopy of trees on the edge of grassland. Often he eats on the ground.
Hazard and protection
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) classifies the golden-fronted parakeet as not endangered (Least Concern, LC) due to its very large distribution area and the apparently stable population. It is listed in the Washington Convention on the Protection of Species (CITES) in Appendix II and in EC Regulation 709/2010 [EC] in Appendix B and is particularly protected under the Federal Nature Conservation Act [BG] (Status :: b).
Individual evidence
- ↑ JV Remsen, Jr. et al .: DNA-sequence data require revision of the parrot genus Aratinga (Aves: Psittacidae). In: Zootaxa. Volume 3641, 2013, pp. 296-300, doi : 10.11646 / zootaxa.3641.3.9 .
- ^ A b c Joseph M. Forshaw, Frank Knigh: Parrots of the World. Princeton University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0691142852 , p. 206.
- ^ Thomas S. Schulenberg: Birds of Peru. Princeton University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0691130231 . P. 170.
- ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation: WISIA-Online. accessed on November 6, 2011 Search online ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- World Parrot Trust , accessed October 10, 2011
- Eupsittula aurea inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.1. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
- BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - Peach-fronted Parakeet ( Eupsittula aurea ) . Retrieved October 28, 2011.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Peach-fronted Parakeet (Aratinga aurea) in the Internet Bird Collection
- Eupsittula aurea at Avibase