The Andean Parakeet, Bolborhynchus orbygneisus, is a small (16cm) parrot found in the upland wooded valleys of the central eastern Andes in Bolivia and Peru, 1500-5000 m. Solid green, darker above and lighter below, with some blue visible on wings when flying. Pale bill and medium length tail. Stockier and darker than Mountain Parakeet. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... Image File history File links Status_iucn3. ... Least Concern (LC) is an IUCN category assigned to species or lower taxa which do not qualify for any other category. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Digimon, the only known animals. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... “Aves†redirects here. ... Families Cacatuidae Psittacidae The order Psittaciformes (Parrots) includes about 353 species of bird which are generally grouped into two families: the Cacatuidae or cockatoos, and the Psittacidae or true parrots. ... For the runtime engine for Perl 6, see Parrot virtual machine. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... It has been suggested that True parrots be merged into this article or section. ...
Mostly small flocks are small, but sometimes over 300 individuals. Eats seeds, buds, and berries, breeds in burrows in steep banks.
Formerly known as B. audicolus.
References
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World; Juniper & Parr, 1998, ISBN 0-300-07453-0. (try this rather than Forshaw - more up to date, smaller and cheaper)
The lake is an ideal habitat for monkeys, caiman, turtles, tapirs, hoatzins and macaws and reverberates under a constant symphony of birdsongs, shouts of howler monkeys and toucans, particularly at dawn and dusk.
Bolivia stretches across the widest part of the Andean mountain chain and is one of the poorest, highest and most isolated of Latin American republics.
In the Andean foothills bird the dry forest and canyons.
Five species of flamingo, including Andean flamingo, and 12 different kinds of stork are on display (both forms of open billed storks breeding).
In only a few year's time the parrot house, the parakeet aviaries, and the Lori Atrium became home to the world's largest psittacine collection, representing 220 species, two thirds of the known species, including rarities such as vulturine and St. Vincent parrots.
Raptor aviaries became inhabited by rarely seen birds of prey, showing ornate hawk-eagle, bateleur, Andean condor, king vulture, and recently Steller's sea eagle.
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