Blue-crowned Parakeet
Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 2,361
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
Description
The blue-crowned parakeet, blue-crowned conure, or sharp-tailed conure (Thectocercus acuticaudatus) is a small green Neotropical parrot with a blue head and pale beak native to large parts of South America, from eastern Colombia to Curacao in the southern Caribbean, and to the northern region of Argentina. They inhabit savanna-like habitats, woodland and forest margins, but avoid dense humid forest such as the Amazon. This species is officially called a parakeet by the AOU and by birders, though usually called conures in aviculture.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Blue-crowned parakeet”.