Golden parakeet
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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.
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Golden parakeet | |
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At Gramado Zoo, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Tribe: | Arini |
Genus: | Guaruba Lesson, 1830 |
Species: | G. guarouba |
Binomial name | |
Guaruba guarouba (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | |
Synonyms | |
Psittacus guarouba |
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Its plumage is mostly bright yellow, hence its common name, but it also possesses green remiges. It lives in the drier, upland rainforests in Amazonian Brazil, and is threatened by deforestation and flooding, and also by the now-illegal trapping of wild individuals for the pet trade. It is listed on CITES appendix I.[4]