Caica Parrots or Hooded Parrots
Splendour Parrots
The Caica Parrots or Hooded Parrots (Pionopsitta caica) are found in the subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest areas of north-eastern Brazil, French Guiana, Bolivar, Guyana, Suriname, and eastern Venezuela.
Description:
Caica Parrots average 9.2 inches (23 cm) in length (including tail). The plumage is generally green, with the exception of the brownish-black head, a broad orange brown ring around their neck, and blue and black on their wings.
The lower breast, abdomen and under tail-coverts are yellowish-green. Each feather edged brownish. The throat and the upper breast are dull olive-brown. The bend of the wing has a pale blue tinge. The primary-coverts are dark blue with green edging to the outer webs. The flight feathers are black with green outer webs. The underside of the flight-feathers are bluish-green. The middle tail-feathers have blue tips. The outer tail-feathers have yellow marking to the inner webs. The bill is a whitish-horn color. The irides (= plural of iris) of the adults are orange-red; and the cere and feet are grey.
Immature birds have a greenish head. The cheeks and ear-coverts have an olive-green tinge. The band to the nape (lower back of the neck) is dull yellowish and without any brown edging. The throat and breast are green with an olive-yellow tinge. Their irides (= plural of iris) are dark.
Personality:
The Splendour Parrots are very quiet in an aviary, with an endearingly friendly and gentle personality. They are highly social and should be kept with a mate or in a group environment. In the wild, Superb Parrots are almost always found in flocks. They acclimatize fairly easily to a new environment and are very hardy ... Talking Abilities (compared to other species).
Diet:
Superb Parrots eat grain, seeds, nuts, fresh fruits and vegetables. In the wild, their diet consists mainly of eucalypt flowers, fruits, nectar and pollen.
Taxonomy / Alternate Names:
Genus: Scientific: Pionopsitta ... English: Splendour Parrots ... Dutch: Prachtpapegaaien ... German Zierpapageien ... French: Caica ... Species: Scientific: Pionopsitta caica aka Gyopsitta caica ... English: Caica Parrot ... Dutch: Caica Papegaai ... German: Kappenpapagei ... French: Perroquet Caica
Czech: amazónek kaika, Papoušek kaika
Danish: Sorthovedet Pragtpapegøje
German: Kappenpapagei, Kappen-Papagei
English: Caica Parrot, Hooded Parrot
Spanish: Lorito Caica, Lorito de Cabeza Negra
Finnish: Pyöveliaratti
French: Caïque à tête noire
Italian: Pappagallo caica, Pappagallo dei Caica
Japanese: kurozukininko, kurozukin'inko
Latin: Caica caica, Gypopsitta caica, Pionopsitta caica, Pyrilia caica
Dutch: Caicapapegaai
Norwegian: Skjellnakkepapegøye, Skjellnakket praktpapegøye
Polish: barwinka kapturowa
Portuguese: curica, curica-caica, papagainho, periquito-de-pescoço-marrom
Portuguese (Brazil): curica, Curica-caica, papagainho, periquito-de-pescoço-marrom
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