Parrots (Psittacidae) - HBW 4
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet (Aratinga wagleri)
French: Conure de Wagler
German: Columbiasittich
Spanish: Aratinga de Wagler
Other common names: Red-fronted Parakeet/Conure; Cordilleran Parakeet (frontata)
Taxonomy: Conurus Wagleri G. R. Gray, 1845, Bogotá.
Possibly conspecific with A. mitrata. Race frontata sometimes considered a distinct species, incorporating race minor. Four subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- wagleri (G. R. Gray, 1845) - W & N Colombia to NW Venezuela.
- transilis J. L. Peters, 1927 - E Colombia to N Venezuela.
- frontata (Cabanis, 1846) - W Ecuador and W Peru.
- minor Carriker, 1933 - C & S Peru.
- Least Concern
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An adult bird calling from a roof Balsa, Cajamarca, Peru (ssp frontata)
Luc Fazio 26 July 1999 2 years ago 10 sec 3.7 -
A close-up of a perched bird Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2007 2 years ago 22 sec 3.3 -
A bird perched and flying down Caurimare, Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp transilis)
David Ascanio 31 July 2003 1 year ago 2 sec 2.9 -
One adult on a feeder with other parakeet species. Florida, USA (Monotypic species)
Bill Pranty 14 November 2004 20 weeks ago 41 sec 1.7
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Close up of a bird Zoológico de Cali, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
mauricio rueda 8 August 2009 31 weeks ago 4 -
No comments Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
chinook 2 January 2008 48 weeks ago 4 -
Bird perched on a tree Chancay Valley, Lima, Peru
Nature Expeditions... 1 May 2008 32 weeks ago 2.5 -
Two adults perched at the top of a dead tree. Carabobo, Venezuela (ssp transilis)
philgunson 5 April 2009 49 weeks ago 2
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Calls from a pair in flight Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
(ssp wagleri)
Bradley Davis 22 June 2007 14 weeks ago 3
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