Characteristics of Painted Conure - picta picta
Length: 23 cm ( 9 inches )
Weight: 55 - 75 grams
Young: Duller in colouration. The bend of the wing is green with a few scattered red feathers. The eye ring is whitish.
Adults: The overall plumage is green. The crown, lower cheeks and the hind neck is blue. The nape is a dark brown.The lores and upper cheeks are maroon and the ear coverts are a pale buff. The feathers of the neck, throat and upper breast are a dusky brown or green, broadly edged with greyish buff in a V-shaped effect instead of the usual scalloped in other pyrrhura. There is a maroon patch from the lower back to the upper tail coverts and another large patch of maroon on the abdomen. The bend of the wing has red-tipped feathers. The tail above is green edged in maroon and underneath the tail is coppery red. The primary - coverts and outer webs of primaries is blue. The eyes are brown and the beak is a greyish black. The legs and eye ring is a dark grey.
Subspecies: There are in total 9 subspecies recognized. The 2 most common in North America is the picta picta and the striking roseifrons ( subspecies ), which has the forehead, lores and forecrown a scarlet red. The ear coverts are whitish.The flanks are green and the under tail-coverts have a slight olive tinge. The eye ring and cere is whitish. The beak is black and the legs are a dark grey.
The other subspecies that has red on the head is the caeruleiceps which the lores and frontal band is red. The ear coverts are a greyish white. The crown is blue.
The amazonum has ear coverts that are a brownish buff. The blue to the forehead is reduced to a blue band extending to the eye. Also the bend of the wing is green and in some birds there are a few scattered red feathers.
In the microtera the blue band to the forehead is considerably reduced. There is no blue to the cheeks. Bend of the wing is green and is about 20 cm ( 8 inches ) in length.
In the subandina the ear coverts are a yellowish brown. The cheeks are a bluish green. The crown is a dark brown with a slight blue tinge to the frontal area. A narrow band to the forehad, lores and the area under the eye is a brownish red. The bend of the wing is green.
The lucianii has the bend of the wing green with a faint blue tinge or a few scattered red feathers. Just faint blue marking to the napeThe lower breast is green. The eyering is whitish. There isa red area covering the forehead and eye area. Eye V-shaped feather is edged in whitish to dull yellow.
The subspecies pantchenkoi has the forehead, lores and area around the eye is red, becoming reddish brown on the upper cheeks. The crown is a greyish brown which is tinged blue. The sides of the neck, throat and upper breast is a smokey grey with broad pale grey brownish edging.
Taken on March 16, 2001
Ages 14, 12, 10, 6 & 4 days old
Parents
" Duke " & " Duchess "
Bred by/ Photo
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Taken on March 22, 2001
From left to right
Ages 20, 18, 16, 11 & 9 days old
Parents
" Duke " & " Duchess "
Bred by/Photo
Darlene & Kevin Johnson
2 Painted Conure chicks
From left to right
23 & 21 days old
Taken on March 25, 2001
Parents
" Duke " & " Duchess "
Bred by/Photo
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5 Painted Conure chicks
From left to right
Ages 26, 21, 19, 28 & 30 days old
Taken on April 2, 2001
Parents
" Duke " & " Duchess "
Bred by/Photo
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This page was last updated on: December 2, 2008
5 chicks from left to right
Ages 26, 21, 19, 28 & 30 days old
Taken on April 2, 2001
Parents " Duke " & " Duchess "
Bred by/Photo
Darlene & Kevin Johnson
5 chicks from left to right
Ages 26, B31, F33, 35 & 24 days
Taken on April 6, 2001
Parents " Duke " & " Duchess "
Bred by/Photo
Darlene & Kevin Johnson
6 Painted Conure chicks
Ages 4.5 to 5 weeks old
Taken in June 2000
Parents " Duke " & " Duchess "
Bred by/ Photo
Darlene & Kevin Johnson
Taken on May 4, 2000
here at 4 months
Parents
" Duke " & " Duchess "
Bred by/Photo
Darlene & Kevin Johnson
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Painted Conure chicks
Ages 4 to 14 days old
Taken on March 16, 2001
Parents
" Duke " & " Duchess "
Bred by/ Photo
Darlene & Kevin Johnson
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Painted Conure chick
23 days old
Taken on March 25, 2001
Parents
" Duke " & " Duchess "
Bred by/Photo
Darlene & Kevin Johnson
5 chicks from left to right
Ages 31, 26,B33, 24 & 35 days
Taken on April 6, 2001
Parents " Duke " & " Duchess "
Bred by/Photo
Darlene & Kevin Johnson
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" Duchess " & " Duke "
Photo
Darlene & Kevin Johnson
Taken on December 12, 2000
7 weeks of age - June 2000
Bred by/Photo
Darlene & Kevin Johnson
" Am I a pretty girl or What!! "
" Phoenix "- Hatched May 4, 2000
Pictured here at 11 months
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Has gone over to Rainbow Bridge 2005
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" 423 LDJ 08 "
Hatch Date - April 2, 2008
Pictured here at 6 months
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PHOTOS OF YOUNG PAINTED CHICKS UNTIL WEANING
Taken on May 4, 2000
here at 4 months
Parents
" Duke " & " Duchess "
Bred by/Photo
Darlene & Kevin Johnson
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The subspecies eisenmanni has a narrow band to the forehead, lores and area under the eye is red, becoming reddish brown on cheeks. The crown is a dark brown with a faint bluish tinge. Does not have the typical well defined scalloped appearance as in the other subspecies. The bend of the wing is green and the tail longer with a more powerful beak.
Origin: This species inhabits the Amzon basin, Guianas, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, northern Bolivia, north-western Colombia and central Panama.
Habitat: Very common in lowland humid forest areas. Seen in small groups.
Captivity: Very pleasant birds. This species may be house in aviary of 24" x 30" x 48" which may lead to breeding. They will lay a single clutch and occasionally double clutch in a season. The nestbox can be 12" x 12" x 24" with the entrance being about 3.5" in diameter. The hen will lay anywhere from 5 - 8 eggs with the average being 6 - 7 eggs. The incubation time is 23 days. The young leave the nest around 7 weeks of age.
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