| PAINTED CONURES |
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| His Lordship, King of the Bird Room... |
| APPLE'S |
| Pyrrhura picta picta |
| This "Painted Conures" page began 6-2-06 and was last updated 9-20-06 |
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| Photograph taken by Mary Arunski & used here with permission. |
| Apple was introduced to painted conures by her dear friend Susan who had acquired a young male she named Griffin. Apple and Susan were both smitten and there was no looking back. Painted conures, also called Painted Parakeets or Painted Parrots, are a South American rain forest bird in the genus Pyrrhura. The latin name of the species is Pyrrhura Picta, and Griffin is of one of the nine sub-species... Pyrrhura picta picta. All of the Pyrrhura Conures (the Green-cheek, Maroon-belly, Black Cap, Pearly, White Ear, Crimson Belly, Souance and Hoffman's) are small, mischevious and relatively quiet compared to other parrots. They weigh only 50 to 75 grams (less than a cockatiel, more than a budgie) and even an outdoor flock of 10 or 12 pys isn't too much noise for the average neighbor. Apple is lucky enough to have several Painted Conures, now, and though Griffin is still the head honcho of the bird room (which used to be a dining room) she likes to keep most of them in a large outdoor aviary where she TRIES to simulate natural conditions as well as she can. |
| GRIFFIN |
| Here is a wonderful article about Pyrrhura Conures in the wild... The author tells of seeing Painted Conures bathing in the wet leaves of a tree after a rain, stealthy behaviors at the salt licks and an unprecedented "distraction" behavior he witnessed in the Painted Conures when monkeys got too close to their nest cavity. You'll no doubt enjoy this article, and it explains some of the silly things the Painteds do in our homes.. |
| For great Pyrrhura information on line, visit the web site of the: |
| by Donald Brightsmith, first published in 1999 in Bird Talk magazine. |
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| A baby male painted conure at two months of age. |