Dusky-headed Parakeet
Aratinga weddellii (Deville, 1851)
Psittacidae — African & New World Parrots
Dusky-headed Parakeet, Aratinga weddellii, is a South American parrot found from Colombia to Bolivia, with its breeding range running through the western Amazon. It lives in wooded country and also uses semiopen places such as forest edges, várzea, forest fragments and coffee plantations. The bird is mainly green, with a dusty grey-brown head, a black bill, a broad bare white eye-ring and a blue-tipped tail. It is a long-tailed species and is slightly smaller than the sun conure. It is usually seen in pairs or small groups, though larger flocks can gather when food is abundant.
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae — African & New World Parrots
- Breeding range
- South America: Colombia to Bolivia
