Dusky Headed Parakeet

Copyright: TC/monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Napo, Ecuador, 2010.

Bird name: Dusky Headed Parakeet
Latin: Aratinga weddellii
Other: Weddell's Conure, Dusky-headed Conure (Pets) • Lorita pico negro (Es)
Family: Psittacidae • Parrots, Parakeets
Range: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru to Bolivia, W Amazonia
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Thanks to Tom for this great shot of a hundred-odd Dusky-headed Parakeets at a clay lick on the Rio Napo in eastern Ecuador. The parrots ingest the mineral-rich clay as a dietary supplement.





Below a Dusky-headed Parakeet, Upper Napo, Ecuador, March 2011.