Blue-crowned Parakeet (Thectocercus acuticaudatus)
About the Blue-crowned Parakeet
The blue-crowned parakeet, blue-crowned conure, or sharp-tailed conure (Thectocercus acuticaudatus) is a small green Neotropical parrot with a blue head and pale beak native to large parts of South America, from eastern Colombia to Curacao in the southern Caribbean, and to the northern region of Argentina. They inhabit savanna-like habitats, woodland and forest margins, but avoid dense humid forest such as the Amazon. This species is officially called a parakeet by the AOU and by birders, though usually called conures in aviculture. While T. acuticaudatus is the only species in the monotypic genus Thectocercus, this species has five subspecies: Thectocercus acuticaudatus (Vieillot 1818) Thectocercus acuticaudatus acuticaudatus (Vieillot 1818) Thectocercus acuticaudatus haemorrhous (Spix 1824)
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 97 recordings for this species: 16 CC BY-NC-SA · 6 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.