Endangered
Sun Conure
Aratinga solstitialis
The sun conure, also known as the sun parakeet, is a medium-sized, vibrantly colored parrot native to northeastern South America.
Appearance
The sexes are similar in plumage, although hens may be lighter and slenderer in body, having a shorter tail, with a smaller, rounder head and a smaller beak. Adults have a rich yellow crown, nape, mantle, lesser wing coverts, tips of the greater wing coverts, chest, and underwing coverts. The face and belly are orange with red around the ears.
On average, sun conures weigh around 110 g (4 oz) and are around 30 cm (12 in) long.
Range and habitat
Populations found along the Amazon River in Brazil are now known to belong to the sulphur-breasted parakeet. Sun conures are mostly found in tropical habitats, but their exact ecological requirements remain relatively poorly known. Sun conures have been seen in shrublands along the Amazon riverbank, as well as forested valleys and coastal, seasonally flooded forests.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet and breeding
Birds within a flock rest, feed one another, preen, and bathe throughout the daylight hours. Sun conures have been reported to nest and roost in tree cavities.
Prior to breeding, they may be seen feeding and grooming one another. Prior to egg laying, the female's abdomen noticeably swells.
In crisis
This species is currently threatened by loss of habitat and trapping for plumage or the pet trade. Sun conures are now listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
CITES lists this taxon on Appendix II. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.
Sun Conure is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Sun conure, Wikidata item Q225039. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
