
Golden-capped Parakeet
Subspecies
Genus | Species | subspecies | Region | Range |
Aratinga | auricapillus | SA | se Brazil | |
Aratinga | auricapillus | auricapillus | ec Brazil | |
Aratinga | auricapillus | aurifrons | se Brazil |
Genus
The parrot genus Aratinga comprises 24 species. Aratinga is a genus of American parakeets. They belong to the long-tailed group. Most are predominantly green, although a few are predominantly yellow or orange. They are social and commonly seen in groups in the wild. In Brazil the popular name of several species usually is Jandaia, sometimes written as Jandaya in the scientific form.
The genus Aratinga includes species with habitat from South America to Mexico. Birds in the Aratinga genus have a “swift, direct flight” that differs from other similar birds according to “Parrots of the World.” Other characteristics include the males and females looking alike, a fully feathered face and a rather long tail that starts wide at the base and becomes slender at the tip.
Physical charateristics
Listen to the sound of Golden-capped Parakeet
[audio:http://www.planetofbirds.com/MASTER/PSITTACIFORMES/Psittacidae/sounds/Golden-capped Parakeet.mp3]
Copyright remark: Most sounds derived from xeno-canto
recorded by Vitor Torga Lombardi
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size min.: | 30 | cm | size max.: | 32 | cm |
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broods: | 1 | eggs min.: | 3 | ||
eggs max.: | 5 |
Range
Habitat
Reproduction
Feeding habits
Video Golden-capped Parakeet
copyright: Josep del Hoyo
Conservation
There has been extensive and continuing clearance and fragmentation of suitable habitat for coffee, soybean and sugarcane plantations in S