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                    Psittaciformes

  PSITTACIDAE

  Parrots, Macaw, Parakeet. Climbing. Flight fast. Gregarious. Generally green. Head large. Beak curved very robust. Wings long and pointed. Legs short. Two fingers forward and two backwards. Long-Tail.

       Nest in hollow trees, gullies or built large nests community. They 2 to 6 egg whites. They eat mostly grains, fruits and seeds

           RED-AND-GREEN MACAW: Ara chloropterus

    It inhabits forests of northeastern Argentina.

    The photo is a copy in recovery Güira-Oga, Puerto Iguazu, Misiones province, http://guiraoga.fundacionazara.org.ar/.

              
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          MILITARY MACAW: Ara militaris                                                                          

        
        Inhabitant of the Yungas, its presence in Argentina is uncertain and is regarded as globally threatened.

                                  
                                                     Photographs of a specimen in captivity.                                      
 

         GLAUCOUS MACAW: Anodorhynchus glaucus

        
        Species considered extinct for our country and globally threatened.

Some authors consider extinct globally, so copies in captivity could match or Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus Anodorhynchus leari, very similar to each other.

                                                      Photographs of a specimen in captivity.                   
 

        BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW: Ara ararauna

        
        Species of hypothetical presence in our country. There are historical data from observations made in northeastern Argentina.

                                            Photographs of a specimen in captivity.    

     BLUE-THROATED MACAW: Ara glaucogularis   
 

   
   
Species of great resemblance to the previous one, also with historical records
which by its current distribution are considered erroneous.
Perhaps due to copies escapees or confusion with the earlier species.

    

          BLUE-WINGED MACAW: Primolius maracana

        
      
     Inhabits forests in Misiones province

                              

                                                Photographs taken in Parque das Aves, Brazil.                                 

          GOLDEN-COLLARED MACAW: Primolius auricollis

      It inhabits the Yungas in northwest Argentina.

       
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        MITRED PARAKEET: Aratinga mitrata
                                                                                                                                                
      

  It inhabits the Yungas.

                  
      Photographs taken in Reserva Provincial Cochuna, Tucumán province.

                                     
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  BLUE-CROWNED PARAKEET: Aratinga acuticaudata
 

  
      
       It inhabits forests and groves.

 

                      
                
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          WHITE-EYED PARAKEET: Aratinga leucophthalmus

        
       It inhabits forests and jungles of northern                          

        Issues in recovery Güira-Oga, Puerto Iguazu, Misiones Province.

  Photographs were taken in the reserve Yaguaroundí, http://www.yaguaroundi.com.ar, Misiones province and Parque Nacional Mburucuya, Corrientes province.      

       
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       BURROWING PARROT: Cyanoliseus patagonus

        Gregarious. Rowdy. Prefers dry environments. It nests in large colonies. Builds its nest in canyons.

       BURROWING PARROT: Cyanoliseus patagonus patagonus
   
    

From the center of the country, Mendoza, San Luis, La Pampa and Buenos Aires southward throughout Patagonia.
 

                
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      BURROWING PARROT: Cyanoliseus patagonus andinus
   
     Northwest race, inhabits the Andes from Salta to Mendoza downtown, foothills and the provinces of
     northwestern Argentina.

                     
       The photographs were taken in the Catamarca province.    

             
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        PEACH-FRONTED PARAKEET: Aratinga aurea

       It inhabits the arboreal layer high in the northeast and Yungas forests of northwestern Argentina.

         NANDAY PARAKEET: Nandayus nenday


 
  It inhabits forests and palm forests of northeastern Argentina.

                           
                                                                                     
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      The photographs were taken in the Pilcomayo River National Park, Province of Formosa.
 

        AUSTRAL PARAKEET: Enicognathus ferrugineus

    


     It inhabits the forest Araucano.
 

Photographs taken in Reserva Provincial Lagunas de Epu Lauquen, Neuquén province.

                      
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         MONK PARAKEET: Myiopsitta monachus

        
 


       Flocks very noisy. Build a large nest of sticks Community.


 

            
               Nest                                                         Sound                                                                 Videos

         REDDISH-BELLIED PARAKEET: Pyrrhura frontalis

        
       


       It inhabits forests and jungles of northeastern Argentina.
      
       Photographs were obtained in Pampa del Indio, Province of Chaco and the
       Biosphere Reserve Yabotí, Misiones province.

                                        
 

         GREEN-CHEEKED PARAKEET: Pyrrhura molinae

   Inhabitant of the Yungas. Noisy flocks, especially in flight. Head brown with white around the eyes.
Chest brown flaking. Back and wings green with blue shirts. Dorsal and ventral Cola red.

             
       Photographs taken in Calilegua National Park, Jujuy province.

                                                                   
                       
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        BLUE-WINGED PARROTLET: Forpus xanthopterygius

       

Inhabits edges jungles of northeastern Argentina.

 

        CANARY-WINGED PARAKEET: Brotogeris chiriri       

    Inhabits edges of forests, capueras and towns in northeast Argentina.

                       
       
                  
        
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        PILEATED PARROT: Pionopsitta pileata

       
Inhabits forests and rural areas of northeastern Argentina.

                   
 

          GREY-HOODED PARAKEET: Psilopsiagon aymara

      It inhabits the Andean area and mountainous northern Argentina.

  Photographs taken at Pampa de Achala, Province of Cordoba.

      
                   Sound                        Video              Images obtained in Merlo, San Luis province.
       

           MOUNTAIN PARAKEET: Psilopsiagon aurifrons

   Inhabits Puna, steppes and valleys and Andean mountain in northern and central Argentina.

          
            Photographs taken in Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy Province.                                      Video

         SCALY-HEADED PARROT: Pionus maximiliani

      Inhabits in jungles and forests of northern Argentina.

                         
 The photographs were taken in the Cochuna Provincial Park, Tucuman province and  Caliegua National Park, Jujuy province.
           

                                         
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          VINACEUS-BREASTED PARROT: Amazona vinacea
 

         
  Species threatened. Inhabits araucaria forests in the province of Misiones.

The photograph corresponds to an individual in recovery Güira-Oga, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones province, http://guiraoga.fundacionazara.org.ar/.   

        

                                                                         
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           TURQUOISE-FRONTED PARROT: Amazona aestiva                                          

   

     Chaco forest dwellers, is the most famous and popular parrot. His ease in learning to talk
   makes it very sought as pets and suffered an unjust captivity.

Photographs taken at the Parque General San Martín,  Córdoba city.

             
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          ALDER PARROT: Amazona tucumana

    Inhabitants of the area of Yungas north of Argentina.

                   Photographs of a specimen in captivity.