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Blue-crowned Parakeet

Thectocercus acuticaudatus
(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
Calancate Común
Aratinga-de-testa-azul
Family: Psittacidae
Order: Psittaciformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Other common names: Calancate Cabeza Azul.

Synonyms: Thectocercus acuticaudatus, Aratinga acuticaudata, Psittacus acuticaudatus, Psittacara acuticaudatus.

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Latest feeding records
Feeding
GroupSpeciesDateUser
PlantsMembrillo (Cydonia oblonga)02/01/2022Diego Oscar



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 656649
  Adult
Vía Sin Nombre, Chaco, Ar
Chaco
Argentina
10/01/2025
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 21631
  Adult
Tres Marías
Formosa
Argentina
03/31/2013
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 1266
  Adult
Villa de Merlo
San Luis
Argentina
04/07/2010
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 1265
  Adult
Villa de Merlo
San Luis
Argentina
04/07/2010
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 1183
  Adult
Esteros del Iberá
Corrientes
Argentina
10/09/2010
Diego Oscar



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Diego Oscar09/30/2023ArgentinaCorrientesColonia Carlos PellegriniN/AN/AYesNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
237053301/10/2025ArgentinaChacoGlamping El Bermejito, Paraje La ArmoniaDiego Oscar
237048101/10/2025ArgentinaChacoVía Sin Nombre, Chaco, Ar2Diego Oscar
237043201/10/2025ArgentinaChacoVía Sin Nombre1Diego Oscar
237028630/09/2025ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional El Impenetrable3Diego Oscar
237023530/09/2025ArgentinaChacoGlamping El Bermejito, Paraje La Armonia5Diego Oscar
237009929/09/2025ArgentinaChacoRuta Provincial 9, Chaco, Ar7Diego Oscar
235530309/09/2025ArgentinaCorrientesColonia Carlos Pellegrini2Diego Oscar
235059518/08/2025ArgentinaCorrientesVilla Olivari6Diego Oscar
235012413/08/2025ArgentinaCorrientesPortal Lobo Cuá, Parque Nacional Iberá4Diego Oscar
223345721/12/2024ArgentinaCorrientesPortal Lobo Cuá, Parque Nacional Iberá2Diego Oscar
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Blue-crowned Parakeet (Thectocercus acuticaudatus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 19/03/2026.