Long-billed Parakeet
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Enicognathus leptorhynchus | ||||||||||||
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The long-billed parakeet ( Enicognathus leptorhynchus ) is a species of bird from the New World parrot tribe. The species occurs in South America.
Appearance
The long-billed parakeet reaches a body length of 40 centimeters. The strongly elongated upper beak is striking and eponymous.
The plumage is predominantly pale green. Each individual feather is lined with dark gray-brown. Similar to the Emerald Parakeet , the forehead and reins are brown-red, but in the Long-billed Parakeet this color stripe still surrounds the eye. In some individuals there is a brownish red belly spot. The coverts and the wings of the hand are tinted blue-green to blue. The under tail-coverts are green. The tail feathers are brown-red and slightly greenish at the end.
Spread and behavior
The long-billed parakeet has its main distribution center in Chile. The northern limit of distribution is Aconcagua and it occurs up to the island of Chiloé , occasionally also in the north of Aisén . The habitat of the long-billed parakeet is the cordilleras up to an altitude of 2,000 meters. Depending on the season, there are high-altitude hikes.
Long-nosed Parakeets find a large part of their food on the ground. They dig for the roots of grass with their long beaks. They are reminiscent of the Australian nasal cockatoos , to which they are not closely related. Long-billed parakeets also feed on grain and maize fields during the winter months, where they dig up freshly sown seeds. They are cave-breeders that nest in tree hollows and in crevices in the rock.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
literature
- Thomas Arndt: South American Parakeets (= Encyclopedia of Parrots and Parakeets . Volume 5 ). Horst Müller, Walsrode 1986, ISBN 3-923269-09-9 .
Web links
- Enicognathus leptorhynchus inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.1. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings for Enicognathus leptorhynchus in the Internet Bird Collection