What is green cheeked parakeet?
Green-cheeked Conure (scientific name: Pyrrhura molinae) is a typical climbing bird, with a strong and powerful bill, hooked beak, movable joints in the upper jaw, and a wax membrane at the base of the beak. Muscular tongue thick. The feet are short, strong, and flat-toed, with two toes forward and two backwards, suitable for grasping and climbing life.
The bird’s body feathers are green, and the forehead, top of the head, the back of the head, and the ear feathers are brown; the feathers on the sides of the neck, throat, and upper chest gradually change from brown to brown-green, with some yellow-green feathers on the sides of the cheeks.
What does a green cheeked parakeet look like?
Green-cheeked Conures are 24 to 26 centimeters in length and 60-80 grams in weight, depending on the subspecies. The body of this parrot is green, with a narrow reddish-brown feather on the front of the head; the forehead, top of the head, the back of the head and the ear feathers are brown; some blue feathers are distributed along the neck; the sides of the neck, Throat, upper chest feathers gradually change from brown to brownish-green, each feather has a light brownish-grey to dark yellow piping; cheeks have some yellowish-green feathers; primary and secondary flight feathers are blue, underbelly With a reddish-brown feather; inner tail coverts with blue, upper tail with green undertones with reddish-brown, and completely hidden within the coverts above the tail; a ring of white naked skin around the eyes, the bird The beak is dark grey and the iris is brown.
green cheeked parakeet living habits
Green-cheeked Conures form small groups of about 10 to 20 during the breeding season, sometimes in larger numbers. Has the habit of seasonal migration. When foraging, it can be observed at a relatively close distance. Because the body color forms a good cover among the dense branches and leaves, it is usually quite difficult to detect in the forest. Green-cheeked Conures usually fly low and straight, but are quite noisy. Mainly feed on dried seeds, flowers, berries and nuts.
green cheeked parakeet rearing
The breeding season of green-cheeked conures in the wild starts in February, and they will look for hollow tree holes to build their nests, and the nests are generally higher than 5 meters from the ground. Three eggs are laid per clutch, 24.2 x 19.6 mm in size. Green-cheeked conures in captivity are not very difficult to breed. If they are properly cared for, they can breed throughout the year. Thick wooden nest boxes of 30*30*60 cm can be provided. 3 to 7 eggs are laid at a time, usually 5, and the incubation period is 24 days. The chick feathers develop in about 50 days.
