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| Topic Started: Nov 2 2006, 10:32 AM (1,594 Views) | |
| BUUZBEE | Nov 2 2006, 10:32 AM Post #1 |
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(SUBS) Santarem Conure Prince Lucien's Conure Rose-headed Conure Jaraquiel Conure Magdalena Conure Pantchenko's Conure Azuero Conure Common Name: Conure - Painted Other Common Names: none listed Scientific Name: Pyrrhura picta picta (Full Taxonomy) Origin or Range: Venezuela Relative Size: Average(as compared to other parrots) Average Lifespan: 13 year(s) Compatibility: Average(as compared to other parrots) Animal Description: Painted Conures are sweet natured as well as being beautiful in their coloring. Though not as easy to find, if you are lucky enough to find one, the Painted Conure will make a wonderful addition to many homes and aviaries. The Painted Conure is a smaller parrot, from 8.5 to 9 inches in length, but that does not make them in anyway inferior. They have large personalities and lots of energy. The Painted Conure loves to play, and is very curious. It is always good to let your Conure have time outside of the cage, whenever possible and they can be very entertaining. Some Painted Conures talk a little, and many can be trained to do simple tricks. One very good feature of the Painted Conure is that they are less noisy then some of the other Conure parrots. Because of this trait, the Painted Conure is the one to choose if you live in an apartment. The Painted Conure has green plumage and a long tail. There is a thin band above the bill that is dark red, almost brown. The forehead and front of the crown is blue. The back of the head and nape is dark brown with a blue band going to the nape. The periopthalmic ring is dark gray and the irises are brown. The feathers on the upper breast of the Painted Conure are edged in white. The sides of the throat and neck go from gray-brown to green, as does the upper half of the breast. The upper tail coverts are a dark red and part of the wing is red. Parts of the primary feathers of the beautiful Painted Conure are blue. The top of the tail is green with some dark red and the underside is duller. The feet and bill are gray. The young ones are duller in color and very little red on the wing. The Painted Conure comes from South America, including parts of Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana and Surinam. They are not easily bred, so their demand is high. Their numbers in the United States are low and Painted Conures are mostly bred for breeding purposes. Specific Care Information: Relative Care Ease: Average As with most parrots, always offer Painted Conures fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as foods such as beans and cooked eggs. Water should be changed daily, and it is equally important to remove fresh food quickly so it does not spoil. The Painted Conure only needs a vitamin supplement if on a strictly seed diet. The size of the cage should be sufficient to accommodate their wings and to give them room to play. Usually, a 24-inch by 24-inch by 36-inch cage will do. Larger cages also work well, but it is important that the space between the bars is not more than 3/4 of an inch wide so they do not get stuck. A variety of perches should be provided to give their feet exercise. Feeding dishes should not be placed directly below perches. If they are placed directly below a perch food and water will get spoiled. Toys are necessary, since Conures are avid chewers. In addition they should be provided with a dish for bathing and if this is not possible they should be sprayed with water regularly. Conures are prone to a vitamin K deficiency and a bleeding disorder, but with the proper nutrition, both of these can be avoided. Conures are also good flyers, and require more clipping, but never too much, so the bird will fly gently to the floor. Breeding and Propagation: Relative Breeding Ease: Relatively Difficult Painted Conures are not easy to breed, and they are not recommended for first time breeders. The average clutch is anywhere from 4 to 9 eggs. The incubation period lasts for about 23 days. The chicks will leave the nest around 5 weeks, but the parents will still feed them for a few more weeks. The nest box should be approximately 17-inches X 12-inches X 9-inches with a 3-inch entrance hole. The Painted Conure loves to sleep in the nest box, so it is always good to keep one in the cage all the time. |
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| BUUZBEE | Nov 2 2006, 12:11 PM Post #2 |
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| BUUZBEE | Dec 20 2006, 11:52 AM Post #3 |
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Characteristics of Painted Conure - picta picta Length: 23 cm ( 9 inches ) Weight: 55 - 75 grams Young: Duller in colouration. The bend of the wing is green with a few scattered red feathers. The eye ring is whitish. Adults: The overall plumage is green. The crown, lower cheeks and the hind neck is blue. The nape is a dark brown.The lores and upper cheeks are maroon and the ear coverts are a pale buff. The feathers of the neck, throat and upper breast are a dusky brown or green, broadly edged with greyish buff in a V-shaped effect instead of the usual scalloped in other pyrrhura. There is a maroon patch from the lower back to the upper tail coverts and another large patch of maroon on the abdomen. The bend of the wing has red-tipped feathers. The tail above is green edged in maroon and underneath the tail is coppery red. The primary - coverts and outer webs of primaries is blue. The eyes are brown and the beak is a greyish black. The legs and eye ring is a dark grey. Subspecies: There are in total 9 subspecies recognized. The 2 most common in North America is the picta picta and the striking roseifrons ( subspecies ), which has the forehead, lores and forecrown a scarlet red. The ear coverts are whitish.The flanks are green and the under tail-coverts have a slight olive tinge. The eye ring and cere is whitish. The beak is black and the legs are a dark grey. The other subspecies that has red on the head is the caeruleiceps which the lores and frontal band is red. The ear coverts are a greyish white. The crown is blue. The amazonum has ear coverts that are a brownish buff. The blue to the forehead is reduced to a blue band extending to the eye. Also the bend of the wing is green and in some birds there are a few scattered red feathers. In the microtera the blue band to the forehead is considerably reduced. There is no blue to the cheeks. Bend of the wing is green and is about 20 cm ( 8 inches ) in length. In the subandina the ear coverts are a yellowish brown. The cheeks are a bluish green. The crown is a dark brown with a slight blue tinge to the frontal area. A narrow band to the forehad, lores and the area under the eye is a brownish red. The bend of the wing is green The lucianii has the bend of the wing green with a faint blue tinge or a few scattered red feathers. Just faint blue marking to the napeThe lower breast is green. The eyering is whitish. There isa red area covering the forehead and eye area. Eye V-shaped feather is edged in whitish to dull yellow. The subspecies pantchenkoi has the forehead, lores and area around the eye is red, becoming reddish brown on the upper cheeks. The crown is a greyish brown which is tinged blue. The sides of the neck, throat and upper breast is a smokey grey with broad pale grey brownish edging. The subspecies eisenmanni has a narrow band to the forehead, lores and area under the eye is red, becoming reddish brown on cheeks. The crown is a dark brown with a faint bluish tinge. Does not have the typical well defined scalloped appearance as in the other subspecies. The bend of the wing is green and the tail longer with a more powerful beak. Origin: This species inhabits the Amzon basin, Guianas, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, northern Bolivia, north-western Colombia and central Panama. Habitat: Very common in lowland humid forest areas. Seen in small groups. Captivity: Very pleasant birds. This species may be house in aviary of 24" x 30" x 48" which may lead to breeding. They will lay a single clutch and occasionally double clutch in a season. The nestbox can be 12" x 12" x 24" with the entrance being about 3.5" in diameter. The hen will lay anywhere from 5 - 8 eggs with the average being 6 - 7 eggs. The incubation time is 23 days. The young leave the nest around 7 weeks of age. |
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| BUUZBEE | Nov 20 2007, 11:15 AM Post #4 |
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Pyrrhura p. amazonum Hellmayr 1906 Santarem Conure German: Santaremsittich Description: as picta, but blue to forehead reduced to blue band extending to eye; ear-coverts pale dull brownish; breast dull green, each feather with broad greyish-brown to dull brown edging; bend of wing green with scattered red feathers in some birds; less green to upperside of base of tail; periophthalmic ring blackish. Immatures with duller plumage. Length: 22 cm (8.5 ins), wing length 115 - 130 mm (4.5 to 5 ins). Distribution: Pará, north of Amazon between Monte Alegre and Obidos, Brazil. 
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| BUUZBEE | Nov 20 2007, 11:17 AM Post #5 |
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Pyrrhura p. microtera Todd 1947 Smaller Painted Conure German: Kleiner Blaustirn-Rotschwanzsittich Description: as amazonum, but blue band to forehead even more reduced and in many birds not continuous; no blue to lower cheeks; breast greyish-brown with very broad dull greyish-brown edging; bend of wing always green; smaller. Length: 20 cm (8 ins), wing length 104 - 117 mm (4 - 4.5 ins). Distribution: south of Amazon from Rio Madeira east to Rio Tocantins, Pará, and south to northern Mato Grosso and northern Goiás, Brazil. 
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| BUUZBEE | Nov 20 2007, 11:18 AM Post #6 |
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Pyrrhura p. lucianii (Deville 1851) Prince Lucien's Conure German: Prinz Luciens Rotschwanzsittich Description: as picta, but bend of wing green with faint blue tinge or few scattered red feathers; forehead varies from dark brown with faint blue tinge and no red to a red area covering forehead and eye area; only faint blue marking to nape; lower breast green, each feather V-shaped and narrowly edged whitish to dull yellow; periophthalmic ring whitish. Length: 22 cm (8.5 ins), wing length 113 - 130 mm (4.5 - 5 ins). Distribution: northwest Brazil and neighbouring areas in southeast Ecuador and northeast Peru along upper Amazon as well as Rio Purus and upper Rio Madeira and its tributaries south to La Paz, Bolivia, and southeast Peru; overlaps with roseifrons in southeast Peru. 
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| BUUZBEE | Nov 20 2007, 11:19 AM Post #7 |
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Pyrrhura p. roseifrons (G.R. Gray 1859) Rose-headed Conure German: Rotscheitelsittich Description: as lucianii, but forehead, crown, lores and in older birds back of head and cheeks red; ear-coverts whitish; green of flanks and under tail-coverts with slight olive tinge; back and upper wing-coverts slightly paler; edging to breast and throat feathers mostly with rose-red tinge; red abdomen patch more extensive and slightly paler; periophthalmic ring and cere whitish. Length: 22 cm (8.5 ins), wing length 111 - 124 mm (4.4 - 4.9 ins) Distribution: upper Juruá Valley, northwest Brazil as well as eastern Peru. 
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| BUUZBEE | Nov 20 2007, 11:20 AM Post #8 |
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Pyrrhura p. subandina Todd 1917 Jaraquiel Conure German: Jaraquiel Sittich Description: as picta, but narrow band to forehead, lores and area under eye brownish-red; cheeks bluish-green; crown dark brown with slight blue tinge to frontal area; ear-coverts yellowish-brown; sides of neck, throat and upper breast dusky brownish-blue and with broad pale grey-brownish edging; bend of wing green. Length: 22 cm (8.5 ins), wing length 111 - 124 mm 4.4 - 4.9 ins). Distribution: Sierra de Quimarí and Sierra de Murrucucú in northwest Colombia; possibly also adjoining lower Cauca and Magdalena areas; already disappeared from lower Sinú Valley.  (see the arrow) |
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| BUUZBEE | Nov 20 2007, 11:22 AM Post #9 |
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Pyrrhura p. caeruleiceps Todd 1947 Magdalena Conure German: Magdalenasittich Description: as picta, but forehead, lores and area under eye red, becoming reddish-brown on upper cheeks; crown blue; sides of neck, throat and upper breast dusky brownish-blue and with broad pale grey-brownish edging. Length: 22 cm (8.5 ins), wing length 119 - 126 mm (4.7 - 5 ins). Distribution: lower areas of Perijá Mountains eastwards from Casacará and western slopes of eastern Andes east of Auguachica, Cesar, as well as adjoining Andes regions from Norte de Santander in northeast Colombia.  (see the arrow) |
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| BUUZBEE | Nov 20 2007, 11:23 AM Post #10 |
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Pyrrhura p. pantchenkoi Phelps 1977 Pantchenko's Conure German: Pantchenkos-Blaustirn-Rotschwanzsittich Description: as picta, but forehead, lores and area around eye red, becoming reddish-brown on upper cheeks; crown greyish-brown tinged bluish; sides of neck, throat and upper breast smokey-grey with broad pale grey-brownish edging, which is not well defined; periophthalmic ring partly feathered. Length: 22 cm (8.5 ins). Distribution: upper areas of Perijá Mountains along border between Colombia and Venezuela.  (see the arrow) |
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