Eupsittula aurea

(Gmelin, 1788)

Vernacular names

English : Peach-fronted parakeet
French : Conure couronnée

Classification

Class : Aves
Order : Psittaciformes
Family : Psittacidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification

The species reaches 28 cm for 94 g. Slender body with long tail. All black bill, broad bright orange eye-ring. Plumage green with strong yellow tinge on belly. Light brown breast. Bright orange forehead, edged blue, rest of head green.

Range and habitat

The species lives in South America and occurs in most of central, western and central-southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and north Argentina. Lives in tropical savannas with palm groves, gallery forests near plantations, to 600 m.

Conservation

IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Appendix II
Status : The species is still locally considered as a pest. Its populations are increasing with deforestation but high number of youngs taken from nest for trade.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation