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Black-hooded Parakeet Nandayus nenday Perico Capuchinegro,
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Photo: M. Oberle*
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A large parakeet with a black face and crown. The "thigh" feathers are reddish orange. Length: 32-37 cm.; weight: 120-141 g. Audio (M. Oberle). Native to Paraguay and northern Argentina. This species is uncommon in Puerto Rico where it has been reported recently from the Isla Verde and Fajardo. It is still bred and sold locally for the cage bird trade, so that individuals in the wild may be either escapees or from locally breeding populations. TAXONOMY: PSITTACIFORMES; PSITTACIDAE; Arinae. Also called Nanday Parakeet, Nanday Conure. |
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Photo: K. Tracey
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References Camacho Rodrφguez, M., J. Chabert Llompart, and M. L≤pez Flores. 1999. Guφa para la identificaci≤n de las aves ex≤ticas establecidas en Puerto Rico. Depto. de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, San Juan, PR. del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1998. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 4. Sandgrouse to cuckoos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Juniper, T. and M. Parr. 1998. Parrots: A guide to parrots of the world. Yale Univ. Press. Pérez-Rivera, R. A. 1992. Feral exotic psittaciformes from Puerto Rico. Ornitología Caribeña 3:30-34. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR. Raffaele, H.A. and C. B. Kepler. 1992. Earliest records of the recently introduced avifauna of Puerto Rico. Ornitología Caribeña 3:20-29. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. http://www.arndt-verlag.com/conures.html Black-hooded Parakeet, Spanish text Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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