White-eyed Conure

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Aratinga leucophthalmus

Sub Species:
Aratinga l. callogenys
Aratinga l. propinqua

 

 

Description

Size is approximately 13 to 13.5 “ long.

White Eyed conure have a very vibrant and bright green color. There are a few red feathers on the head and neck area. The green on the front of the bird, stomach and chest, is a little lighter than the rest of the body.
The under wing coverts and the carpal edges of the wings are red and the greater under wing coverts are a very bright yellow on the adult birds. Coverts are green on immature bird.
The have a white ring around the eyes. Feet grey; bill horn-colored

White Eyed Conure are very often confused with conures like the Hispaniolan Conure, (even though the White Eyed Conure is somewhat larger) or the Green Conure. They all look very much alike.

Natural Range

Aaratinga l. leucophthalma : French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, eastern Colombia, eastern Venezuela, most of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, northeast Uruguay and northern Argentina.

Aratinga l. callogenys : Distribution: eastern Ecuador, northeast Peru and northwest Brazil in the upper amazon region.
Aratinga l. propinqua: Distribution: southeast Brazil in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul; northeast Argentina in Misiones und Corrientes.

In the wild they often live in larger colonies up to 100 birds.

Status

They had never been imported in large numbers and there are not to many breeder in the USA raising them.

Personality

Even the babies can get spooked easy during handfeeding, but are very tame and sociable once they are weaned. They love to bathe and can entertain themselves with toys.

Breeding

Clutches are three to four eggs, most the time captive pairs will produce double clutches.
White-eyed c\Conures tend to be shy at first and it takes them a little while to get comfortable in new surroundings.
Babies will wean at around 10 to 12 weeks.

 

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Last updated April 9, 2005
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