Blue-crowned Conures:
The Blue-crowned Conure (Aratinga acuticaudata) is endemic to South-western Mato Grosso, Brazil, lowland Eastern Bolivia, Uruguay, Buenos Aires and La Pampa in Argentina.
This conure has gained fame after being featured in "Paulie" - the story of a talking parrot and his adventures while trying to return to Marie - the little girl who raised him.
Blue-crowned Conures are quite large, generally growing to about fourteen and a half inches. Their wingspans are generally around seven and a half inches; and they weigh between 3 - 4.6 oz (84 - 130 grams).
Although the birds are primarily green, the crowns of their heads are blue. There are two shades of blue on a Blue-crowned Conure's head: a bright, darker blue and light, sky blue-tinged shade. Their green bodies offer a variety of green shades. They have the white eyepatch typical of Conures and their bills are usually bi-colored. The upper beak is horn-colored and the lower beak is usually black. The Conures with bi-colored bills are often called Sharp-Tailed Conures. The underside of a Blue-crowned Conure's tail is a variegated shade of red, ranging from pink-red to dark rust. This species is sexually dimorphic: male Blue-crowned Conures have larger white eyepatches than females, and the feathers of their ceres tend to be longer.
Expected lifespan ranges from 25 to 30 years .
This conure has gained fame after being featured in "Paulie" - the story of a talking parrot and his adventures while trying to return to Marie - the little girl who raised him.
Blue-crowned Conures are quite large, generally growing to about fourteen and a half inches. Their wingspans are generally around seven and a half inches; and they weigh between 3 - 4.6 oz (84 - 130 grams).
Although the birds are primarily green, the crowns of their heads are blue. There are two shades of blue on a Blue-crowned Conure's head: a bright, darker blue and light, sky blue-tinged shade. Their green bodies offer a variety of green shades. They have the white eyepatch typical of Conures and their bills are usually bi-colored. The upper beak is horn-colored and the lower beak is usually black. The Conures with bi-colored bills are often called Sharp-Tailed Conures. The underside of a Blue-crowned Conure's tail is a variegated shade of red, ranging from pink-red to dark rust. This species is sexually dimorphic: male Blue-crowned Conures have larger white eyepatches than females, and the feathers of their ceres tend to be longer.
Expected lifespan ranges from 25 to 30 years .
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