Black-capped parakeet

Black-capped parakeet
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Pyrrhura
Species:
P. rupicola
Binomial name
Pyrrhura rupicola
(Tschudi, 1844)

The black-capped parakeet (Pyrrhura rupicola), also known as the black-capped conure or rock conure in aviculture, is a parrot native to the south-western Amazon Basin and adjacent east Andean slopes in Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.[2] It has a total length of approximately 25 cm.[3] It is mostly green with off white scalloping on the hindneck and breast and red primary coverts.[4]

It lives in humid forests, ranging from the Amazonian lowlands up to an altitude of 1000 m on the east Andean slopes. It is designated as Least Concern despite deforestation in the Amazon Basin. Flock size is up to 30 birds with smaller groups forming during breeding season.[3]

In aviculture, these birds are known as black capped conures. They can reproduce in captivity and can also mate with the green cheeked parakeet to produce hybrid offspring.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Pyrrhura rupicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22685857A180518211. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22685857A180518211.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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