Red-masked parakeet

Red-masked parakeet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Psittacara
Species:
P. erythrogenys
Binomial name
Psittacara erythrogenys
Lesson, 1844
Juvenile starting to get a few red feathers on its head

The red-masked parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys)[2] is a medium-sized parrot from Ecuador and Peru. It is popular as a pet and are better known in aviculture as the cherry-headed conure[3] or the red-headed conure.[4] They are also considered the best talkers of all the conures.[5]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Psittacara erythrogenys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22685672A196426252. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ DNA-sequence data require revision of the parrot genus Aratinga (Aves: Psittacidae) J.V. Remsen, Jr., Erin E. Schirtzinger, Anna Ferraroni, Luís Fábio Silveira & Timothy F. Wright
  3. ^ "Red-masked Conures (Aratinga erythrogenys)". 16 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Data" (PDF). sdplantatlas.org.
  5. ^ Athan, Mattie Sue (2010). Guide to Companion Parrot Behavior. Barron's Educational Series. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-7641-4213-0. Retrieved 2013-01-24.