| Blue-crowned parakeet | |
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| Thectocercus acuticaudatus neumanni in San Isidro in Bolivia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Tribe: | Arini |
| Genus: | Thectocercus Ridgway, 1912 |
| Species: | T. acuticaudatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Thectocercus acuticaudatus (Vieillot, 1818)
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| Synonyms | |
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Aratinga acuticaudata | |
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.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Psittacara acuticaudatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22685648A132058639. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22685648A132058639.en. Retrieved 12 December 2023.