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The golden-capped parakeet (Aratinga auricapillus) is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae found in Brazil and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The existence of this conure is threatened by habitat loss. However, golden-capped conures are prolific breeders, making them popular birds in aviculture, and hand-fed young are generally available. Golden-capped conures grow to about 13 to 14 inches (330 to 360 mm) in length and weigh about 150 grams (5.3 oz).
The golden parakeet or golden conure (Guaruba guarouba), or the Queen of Bavaria conure [3] is a medium-sized golden-yellow Neotropical parrot native to the Amazon Basin of interior northern Brazil. It is the only species placed in the genus Guaruba. Its plumage is mostly bright yellow, hence its common name, but it also possesses green remiges.
or jenday conure (Aratinga jandaya) Orange and yellow with green wings and back. Black beak. Brazil [16] [17] Golden-capped parakeet (Aratinga auricapillus) 30 cm (12 in) long. Mostly green. Black beak. Orange-red belly, red face fading to yellow over the crown. [18] Brazil [19] Dusky-headed parakeet Weddell's conure or dusky-headed conure ...
Black-capped parakeet: P. rupicola (Tschudi, 1844) i NT: Around the Brazil/Peru/Bolivia border within the State of Acre and west of the Andes mountains White-breasted parakeet: P. albipectus Chapman, 1914: g VU: Zamora-Chinchipe Province: Flame-winged parakeet: P. calliptera (Massena and de Souancé, 1854) g VU: Andes mountains in Colombia ...
In 1758 the English naturalist George Edwards had described and illustrated the species with the English name "golden-crowned parakeet". [8] The peach-fronted parakeet in now one of five parakeets placed in the genus Eupsittula that was introduced in 1853 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte . [ 9 ]
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This revision was based on earlier studies. According to a mtDNA-based phylogenetic analysis of the genus Aratinga by Ribas & Miyaki (2004), the nanday conure forms a monophyletic group with the sun conure (A. solstitialis), jenday conure (A. jandaya), and golden-capped conure (A. auricapilla).