Bird name:

Black-hooded Parakeet

Nandayus nenday

Order

PSITTACIFORMES

Family

Parakeets and Parrots (Psittacidae)

Code 4

Non AOU

Code 6

Non AOU

ITIS

177693

Breeding Location:

Forest

Breeding Type:

Monogamous

Breeding Population:

Rare

Egg Color:

White

Number of Eggs:

2 - 5

Incubation Days:

21 - 23

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

No nest materials.

Migration:

Nonmigratory

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General

Black-hooded Parakeet: Medium-sized parakeet, green overall with black head and chin and yellow eye-ring. Has a blue wash on throat and breast and deep blue outer webs on flight feathers and tips of tail feathers. Flight and tail feathers show gray undersides. Cheeks and underwing linings are pale yellow-green. Rump is pale yellow. Feet are pink with red feathers on legs. Bill is black. Iris is dark brown. Immature has less blue on throat and breast and shorter tail.

Range and Habitat

Black-hooded Parakeet: Native of southeastern Bolivia, southern Mato Grosso, Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina in the provinces of Formosa, Chaco, and occasionally Santa Fe; introduced to California, Florida, Hawaii, Texas, New York, and Puerto Rico. Preferred habitats include savannahs, palm forests, deciduous canyons, and agricultural areas.

Breeding and Nesting

Black-hooded Parakeet: Two to five white eggs are laid in a tree cavity, with no material added to the nest. Incubation ranges from 21 to 23 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Black-hooded Parakeet: Eats seeds, fruits, berries, and nuts. Feeds at feeders and seems to enjoy sunflower seeds; forages in groups, screeching loudly while flying to new feeding areas.

Readily Eats

Berries, Nuts, Fruit, Seeds

Vocalization

Black-hooded Parakeet: Emits a repetitive call of "kree-ah-kree-ah."

Similar Species

Black-hooded Parakeet: None in range.

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Breast

The upper front part of a bird.

Chin

The area of the face just below the bill.

Flight feathers

Located on the wing, and collectively called remiges (singular, remex). The long stiff feathers are subdivided into two major groups based on the location and are called primaries and secondaries.

Rump

The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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