Red-headed parrot finch
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Red-headed parrot finch ( Erythrura psittacea ) |
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The red-headed parrot finch ( Erythrura psittacea , Syn . : Amblynura psittacea ) is an East Asian species from the finch family . No subspecies are distinguished.
description
The body plumage of the red-headed parrot finch is dark green. The red face and the red front breast are clearly contrasted. The two sexes are colored the same. The male can be distinguished from the female by its long-lasting chirping. Many males also have a few red feathers on their belly.
Distribution area and way of life
The distribution area of the red-headed parrot finch is New Caledonia . Some prisoner refugees are also known from Vanuatu , Efate and Emae . Their habitat there are forest edges, clearings and secondary forest. They are also found in heavily man-made habitats such as plantations as well as at the edges of fields and roads and also penetrate human settlements, where they live in gardens and parks.
The clutch is incubated for 14 days. The nestling period is 20 to 22 days. The fledgling young birds are looked after by the parent birds for another two to three weeks after leaving the nest.
attitude
The red-headed parrot finch came into the trade relatively early. The later King Ferdinand of Bulgaria , who had an extensive collection of fine finches, reported that it was kept in France as early as 1873. However, the species was always quite rare and only a few specimens were ever put on the market. Today the species is bred particularly frequently in Japan. Most of the European imported birds come from there. Red-headed parrot finches are among the most frequently kept species of finches today.
supporting documents
literature
- Horst Bielfeld : Knowing and caring for 300 ornamental birds. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-8001-5737-2 .
- Jürgen Nicolai (Ed.), Joachim Steinbacher (Ed.), Renate van den Elzen, Gerhard Hofmann: Prachtfinken - Australia, Oceania, Southeast Asia . Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3249-4 .
- Peter Clement , Alan Harris, John Davis: Finches and Sparrows. An Identification Guide. Christopher Helm, London 1993, ISBN 0-7136-8017-2 .
Single receipts
Web links
- Erythrura psittacea onthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2013.