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This suggests that it possibly comes into contact with the closely related and very similar Sun Parakeet.
These have all been considered subspecies of the Sun Parakeet, but most recent authorities maintain their status as separate species.
The Sun Parakeet is noted for its very loud squawking compared to its relatively small size.
It resembles the closely related Sun Parakeet.
It was rediscovered as part of a study of specimens of the Sun Parakeet and related species.
Like other members of the genus Aratinga, the Sun Parakeet is social and typically occurs in groups of up to 30 individuals.
The Sun Parakeet is also superficially similar to the pale-billed Golden Parakeet.
Some believe the Sulphur-breasted Parakeet is better regarded as a subspecies of the Sun Parakeet.
The Sun Parakeet was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th-century work Systema Naturae.
The Sun Parakeet or Sun Conure (Aratinga solstitialis) is a medium-sized brightly colored parrot native to northeastern South America.
Of these, the Sulphur-breasted Parakeet only received widespread recognition in 2005, having gone unnoticed at least partially due to its resemblance to certain pre-adult plumages of the Sun Parakeet.
According to a study of mitochondrial DNA recovered from museum specimens, their closest living relatives include the Sun Parakeet, the Golden-capped Parakeet, and the Nanday Parakeet.
Otherwise, relatively little is known about its behavior in the wild, in part due to confusion over what information refers to the Sun Parakeet and what refers to the Sulphur-breasted Parakeet.
Alternatively, it has been suggested that the Sun Parakeet and the Sulphur-breasted Parakeet represent one species, while the Jenday Parakeet and Golden-capped Parakeet represent a second.
The Sun Parakeet is monotypic, but the Aratinga solstitialis complex includes three additional species from Brazil: Jandaya Parakeet, Golden-capped Parakeet, and Sulphur-breasted Parakeet.
The Sun Parakeet occurs only in a relatively small region of north-eastern South America: the north Brazilian state of Roraima, southern Guyana, extreme southern Suriname, and southern French Guiana.
Appearing superficially similar to the Sun Parakeet, the Jandaya conure can be identified from its entirely green lesser wing-coverts, mantle and vent, in contrast to the rich yellow plumage of the Sun conure.
This species was discovered as a result of a study of museum specimens of Sun Parakeet and related species; specimens of this species had previously been dismissed as immature parakeets of other species, or hybrids.
As far as known, the remaining taxa are entirely allopatric, although it is possible that the Sun Parakeet and the Sulphur-breasted Parakeet come into contact in the southern Guianas, where some doubts exists over the exact identity.
Adults of both species have a dark greyish eye-ring in the wild, but this commonly fades to whitish in captives, at least in the Sun Parakeet (this is the source of the mistaken idea that the colour of the eye-ring separates the two).
There are two widely used common names: Sun Parakeet as used by the AOU and widely in official birdlists, field guides, and by birders, and Sun Conure, used in aviculture and by some authorities such as Thomas Arndt.
In the past, the Sun Parakeet has been considered safe and listed as Least Concern, but recent surveys in southern Guyana (where previously considered common) and the Brazilian state Roraima have revealed that it possibly is extirpated from the former and rare in the latter.
While the Jandaya conure has a very loud, shrill call it may not have the high pitch of a Sun conure.
Aratinga solstitialis (Sun Conure).
I am pleased to report my unscientific findings: of the three birds, one (a sun conure) immediately imitated my yawning by opening and closing his beak.
The colorful Sun Conure and Jenday Conure are among the species of conures more commonly kept as pets.
The Sun Parakeet or Sun Conure (Aratinga solstitialis) is a medium-sized brightly colored parrot native to northeastern South America.
Among the inhabitants are coatimundis, kinkajous, fennec foxes, sugar gliders, ring-tailed lemurs, marmoset monkeys, eclectus and sun conure parrots, as well as a prairie dog named Fido.
Aratinga jandaya (Jenday Conure) X A. solstitialis (Sun Conure) commonly known as the 'Sun-Day' Hybrid Conure.
Appearing superficially similar to the Sun Parakeet, the Jandaya conure can be identified from its entirely green lesser wing-coverts, mantle and vent, in contrast to the rich yellow plumage of the Sun conure.
The plumage of this bird, with the Sun Conure is very close to that of the Carolina's and can be distinguished from the Carolina Parakeet in the beak being black in the South American species and horn colored in the North American one.
There are two widely used common names: Sun Parakeet as used by the AOU and widely in official birdlists, field guides, and by birders, and Sun Conure, used in aviculture and by some authorities such as Thomas Arndt.
Sun Conure (Aratinga solstitialis): uplist to Near Threatened?
The Sun Parakeet or Sun Conure (Aratinga solstitialis) is a medium-sized brightly colored parrot native to northeastern South America.