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Parrots (Psittacidae)

Yellow-eared Parrot (Ognorhynchus icterotis) - HBW 4, p. 427

French: Conure à joues d'or German: Gelbohrsittich Spanish: Aratinga Orejigualda
Other common names: Yellow-eared Conure/Parakeet

Taxonomy: Conurus icterotis Massena and Souancé, 1854, Ocaña, Colombia.
Monotypic.

Distribution: Andes of Colombia and N Ecuador.

Critically Endangered

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A close-up of a bird feeding on leaves, in a tree. Locality Jardín, Antioquía Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 16 February 2007 33 weeks ago 4.5
A bird feeding in a tree. Locality Jardín, Antioquía Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 16 February 2007 33 weeks ago 4.3
Several inds perched in a Wax Palm frond where we got up to 80 birds roosting at dusk that day! Locality Ventanas Peak Road, Jardín, Antioquía Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 1 May 2009 3 years ago 4
ind perched in a wax palm frond where up to 80 parrots were roosting that day!! Locality Ventanas Peak Road, Jardín, Antioquía Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 1 May 2009 3 years ago 3.8
One from a group of twenty Locality Jardín, Antioquía Department, Colombia
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 20 February 2013 6 weeks ago 3.5
Three birds in flight. Locality Jardín, Antioquía Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 16 February 2007 33 weeks ago 3.3

Sounds

Calls given in flight from a flock of about 11 birds. Locality Loro Orejiamarillo Natural Reserve, Jardín, Antioquía Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 16 February 2007 3 years ago 4

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