Stats

Lifespan: 20-30 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Tropical rainforest
Range: South America
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Flock
Status: Uncommon

About

The mitred parakeet is a mostly green parrot native to the Andean foothills of Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina, marked by scattered red flecks on its head and face that increase with age like a patchy crown. Highly social and loud, it forms large flocks and has also established thriving feral populations in California and Florida from escaped pet birds.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A few round white eggs are incubated deep in a tree cavity, the female rarely leaving until they hatch.
2.
hatchling
A featherless hatchling is fed regurgitated food by both parents inside a tree cavity.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges with duller plumage than the adults, learning to crack seeds and to call.
4.
adult
Fully grown with bright adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Psittacara
Species: Psittacara mitratus