French: Caïque à queue courte German: Kurzschwanzpapagei Spanish: Lorito colicorto
Temminck & Kuhl
Cayenne; error = upper Amazonia
SE Colombia (E from W Caquetá), NE Ecuador and E Peru through Amazon Basin to NE French Guiana and Brazil N of Amazon Delta.
24 cm; 188–233 g. Green, paler and more yellowish on underparts and uppertail-coverts; primaries darker green; wing-coverts edged yellow; short tail basally banded red... read more
Flight call is a rather high-pitched rolling “kree-ki-ki”. When perched, has a large variety of ‘... read more
Seasonally flooded várzea forest and secondary growth in other swampy habitats on... read more
Food and feeding
Fruits including Ficus, cultivated guava (Psidium guajava) and mango (Mangifera indica), seeds, nuts, berries,... read more
Birds with partly developed gonads in Sept, E Brazil. No other information.
May be seasonal in some areas, this perhaps geared to flooding of habitat; in Loreto, E Peru,... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. CITES II. Common, sometimes locally abundant, but becoming scarcer in upper reaches of rivers, presumably owing to restricted habitat. Little traded.
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