White eared conures

[belfast08]

My 2 hen white eared conures.

I also have a pair of white eared conures working the box feeding each other ready to go down. fingers crossed.

 

[SolarCat]

They're cuties. <3

 

[belfast08]

would like to hear from any one who keeps or breeds white eared conures..

 

[Agapornis]

What pretty conures, I've never heard of the white eared breed! I look forward to seeing more pics of them

 

[belfast08]

yes they are great we birds i think there is 5 sub species.

White-eared Conures This is more recently been identified as a group of four or five separate species (previously sub-species) where the ear area is featured as a white feathering in appearance. Now becoming quite rare in some of it's natural areas in Brazil. Not so often seen in collections nowadays and some sub-species very difficult to find.

White-eared Conure (leucotis) which is probably the most commonly kept.

Grey-breasted Conure (griseipectus) is similar to the White-eared but with white ear feathering more extensive, without blue to the forehead and breast grey with bright white edge feathering.

Emmas Conure (emma) is similar to the White-eared but with front of crown and nape bright blue, breast edging feathers turning yellowish and white eye rings.

The other two species Pfimers Conure (pfrimeri) and Monogas White-eared Conures (auricularis) are rearly seen in captive bred collections. It is also thought by some that the auricularis is probably the same specie as Emmas conure with the difference only in periopthalmic eye ring, being due to whether birds are kept inside or outside as often seen with other parrot species.

 

[FineFeatheredFriend]

Welcome to the forum, Belfast. What are their names?

 

[FineFeatheredFriend]

Sorry Belfast08, I thought you posted under new members section. I am using my wifes phone and I got confused. She uses the Samsung Galaxy s3 but I prefer my I phone 5.

 

[belfast08]

rio is on the right and tia the left.

 

[FineFeatheredFriend]

Tia and Rio are beautiful you are very lucky, peace.

 

[belfast08]

Yeah good criac out a them lol

 

[belfast08]

Here is a video off my pair of white eared conures mating/breeding.

I was monitoring the pair using a wireless remote ip camera from my laptop and recorded them on my phone.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VZdvJdGx7E]white eared conures breeding,mating - YouTube[/ame]

 

[belfast08]

quick check in the box today an other egg 4 in total

 

[njcroliver]

How did your white eared conure clutch of 8 eggs do?