Gray-cheeked Parakeet
Brotogeris pyrrhoptera
Small parakeet, fairly common within very limited range in southwest Ecuador and barely into extreme northwest Peru. Overall lime-green with pale gray head and sky-blue crown. Unlikely to be confused in range; larger than Pacific Parrotlet and smaller and shorter-tailed than Red-masked Parakeet. Found in small flocks, typically in deciduous forest or dry open scrub.
识别特征
The grey-cheeked parakeet is 19 to 20.5 cm (7.5 to 8.1 in) long and weighs between 60 and 68 g (2.1 and 2.4 oz). Adults are mostly green that is paler and yellower on the underparts. They have a pale blue crown, pale ashy gray cheeks and sides of the neck, and a whitish eye ring and bill. Their primary coverts are deep blue and their underwing coverts orange to orange-red. Immature birds have green instead of blue crowns.
分类信息
The grey-cheeked parakeet was described and named by John Latham in 1801. It is monotypic. It and the orange-chinned parakeet (B. jugularis) are sister species.
- 学名
- Brotogeris pyrrhoptera
- 命名信息
- (Latham, 1801)
- 目
- Psittaciformes
- 科
- Psittacidae
- 属
- Brotogeris
分布与栖息地
The grey-cheeked parakeet is found from western Ecuador's Manabí Province south into extreme northwestern Peru as far as the northern part of the Department of Piura. It inhabits a variety of landscapes including both deciduous and evergreen forests and more open woodlands, and also scrublands and cultivated areas. In elevation in ranges only as high as 300 m (1,000 ft) in the northern part of its range but up to 1,550 m (5,100 ft) in the south.
- 迁徙
- Resident species
行为
The grey-cheeked parakeet is thought to make some seasonal movements.<p>The grey-cheeked parakeet's diet includes flowers, seeds, and fruits of a variety of plants and it is suspected to feed on cultivated bananas as well.<p>The grey-cheeked parakeet's breeding season appears to be concentrated from January to March. It often nests in natural cavities in large hollow tree limbs but also excavates nests in arboreal termite nests. In captivity the clutch size is four to seven eggs and young fledge about six weeks after hatch.<p>The grey-cheeked parakeet is "[n]oisy, giving a variety of rather shrill, chattering calls." Some have been described as "chree", "chree-chree" and "cra-cra-cra-cra-cra". Members of a flock often call simultaneously.
保护状况
- 种群趋势
- declining
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其他鸟类
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Sericornis magnirostra
Small brown bird with long pointed bill, long pinkish legs, and off-white eye ring. Inhabits rainforest and wet eucalypt woodlands, where it forages for insects mostly in lower and mid-canopy, often on tree trunks; unlikely to be seen on the ground.
Sunda Owlet
Taenioptynx sylvaticus
A tiny brown owl of humid forest in mountains and foothills, with brown upperparts and white underparts with long, broad rufous-brown streaks. Tooting song is variable, though the most common pattern is “doot doot-doot doot do-do-do,” repeated every 10-30 seconds. Often sings during the day, and can be mistaken for a barbet, but the exact pattern of toots is unlike any barbet. Visually, could be mistaken for a scops-owl, but separated by the distinctive voice, the broad brown streaks below, and the lack of ear tufts.
Himalayan Prinia
Prinia crinigera
A rather dull-plumaged songbird of fields, grasslands, forest edges, and farmland, mostly at moderate and high elevations. Often sparsely distributed and difficult to find. Gray-brown above with a pale belly and blackish streaking on head and wings. Breeding males become black-billed and darker on the face, losing the pale eyebrow that is usually shown in other plumages. Typically found singly or in pairs, clambering about in grasses and shrubbery. Often sings from an exposed perch, giving a loud but dry, rolling series of notes, slower than the song of Striped Prinia. Visually very similar to Striped Prinia, but usually separated by range. In the area of overlap, female and non-breeding male Himalayan Prinias show weaker streaking on the back and a duller rufous panel in the wings. Breeding males are distinguished by their darker faces without an eye-stripe. Also similar to Burmese Prinia, but there is little or no overlap in range, and Himalayan Prinia is distinguished by having more streaking, especially along the sides of the breast.
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