What type of Conure is this?

[kmw37]

Dear knowledgeable parrot-owners:

I am trying to identify the various types of birds depicted in a 17th century painting (see image, attached). I believe there is a yellow-crested cockatoo at upper right, and perhaps a red-masked conure on the man's hand at lower left?

No idea what the bird at top right is.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[ZephyrFly]

Correct me if I'm wrong but it looks like a hawk headed parrot.

 

[Kendar]

I think you're right. I second the hawk headed parrot. One of my many dream birds

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[SilverSage]

Yes, a sulfur crested cockatoo, a hawk head parrot, and I have no idea what the little one on his hand is.


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[GaleriaGila]

Really charming.
The little one looks like a cockatiel, but... the crest is either missing or very under-emphasized.

 

[chris-md]

I'd guess a peach fronted conure or half moon conure

 

[SilverSage]

That could be. The blue is throwing me off, but I guess I wasn't taking the age of the painting into account!


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[gavagai]

Given that hawk-heads have green wings and which are gray on that painting, I assume the green pigment either faded away or isn't showing very well. But there's too much of the red/orange pigment on the head for an orange or peach front. With that amount of reddish coloration on the head I'd have assumed cherry-head (as the OP guessed), however it does seem a bit small for that. It's about the right size for a gold-cap and has the right amount of coloration, but gold caps start yellow on front and fad into red, while on that painting the head looks like all one shade. So a small cherry-head still seems like the most plausible explanation to me.