Caatinga Parakeet / Cactus Conure?

Violet_Diva

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Bella (Vosmaeri Eclectus Female) + Dexter (Red Sided Eclectus Male) + Gerry (Vosmaeri Eclectus Male)
Found an advert for someone selling a pair of Amazon's...

The image shows a black capped caique and a caatinga parakeet!

I've never seen a caatinga before! Apparently they're also known as a cactus parakeet or cactus conure.

It's a beautiful bird. It's got bright green wings, dark green collar, with a yellowy green belly and underside of tail, white eyeliner with a ring of almost turquoise around, with a dark orange area above the nare bleeding out into yellow.

Has anyone on here got one?

 
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LeeC

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Senegal: Charlie;
Sun Conure: Peaches (deceased)
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Peach-fronted Conure: Milton (foster)
Brown-throated Conure: Pumpkin (foster)
Senegal: Fletcher
Senegal: Ivy
I think the one on the right is a Peach-fronted, not a Cactus. (Same genus, different species)


 

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