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| SCIENTIFIC
CLASSIFICATION |
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| COMMON
NAME: |
Brazilian
hawk-headed parrot, red fan parrot |
| KINGDOM: |
Animalia |
| PHYLUM: |
Chordata |
| CLASS: |
Aves |
| ORDER: |
Psittaciformes |
| FAMILY: |
Psittacidae
(true parrots) |
| GENUS
SPECIES: |
Deroptyus
(neck fan) accipitrinus accipitrinus (resembling
a hawk) |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
This
is a small parrot with a long, square tail and a
large beak and head. This parrot has the ability
to raise rich maroon-edged and electric blue head
feathers when excited or defensive. The face color
is sable brown flecked with dull white. The wings,
back, and tail are emerald green. |
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| SIZE: |
Approximately
31 cm (12 in.) |
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| WEIGHT: |
Approximately 300 g (10.5 oz) |
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| DIET: |
Includes
fruit, seeds, buds, nectar, and pollen; occasionally
feeds on insects or other meat |
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| INCUBATION: |
26 days |
| CLUTCH
SIZE |
1-3
eggs |
| FLEDGING
DURATION |
10-12 weeks |
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| SEXUAL
MATURITY: |
Approximately
4-7 years |
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| LIFE
SPAN: |
Up
to 50+ years |
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| HABITAT: |
Inhabits
forests |
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| POPULATION: |
GLOBAL |
Unknown |
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| STATUS: |
IUCN |
Not
listed |
| CITES |
Appendix
II |
| USFWS |
Not
listed |
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| 1. |
This
species gets its common name from the distinctive
dark red-blue feathers covering its head and neck.
When angry or alarmed, it raises these feathers,
framing the face like a headdress. |
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| 2. |
In the wild, hawk-heads travel in pairs or small
groups and roost singly in trees. Because they are
more solitary, they are harder to capture and therefore
there are few hawk-heads in the pet trade today. |
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The
parrot plays an important role in its habitat
by helping to propagate the forest. Because
not all of the seeds consumed are digested, many
are passed in the bird's guano over new areas
of the forest.
Some
species eat nectar and are important in the pollination
of many species of plants in the tropical forests.
The
U.S. Wild Bird Act forbids the commercial import
of any bird listed by CITES which includes most
parrots - endangered or threatened.
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Forshaw, J.M. Parrots of the World. New Jersey.
T.F.H. Publications Inc. 1978. |
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Marrison, C. and A. Greensmith. Birds of the
World. New York: Dorling Kindersley, Inc.
1993.
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| Perrins,
C. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Birds. New
York: Facts on File Publications. 1985. |
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| American
Federation of Aviculture. http://www.afa.birds.org/watchbird/archives/99/6/hawkhead.html |
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