Crimson Bellied Conure

Description

The crimson-bellied parakeet is non-migratory.

The crimson-bellied parakeet feeds mainly on fruit but also includes flowers in its diet.

The crimson-bellied parakeet breeds between August and November, and possibly from April to June. It is assumed to nest in tree cavities like other Pyrrhura parakeets. Their clutch size is four to six eggs. The incubation period is 25 days and fledging occurs seven to eight weeks after hatch.

Songs and calls Listen to crimson-bellied parakeet on xeno-canto

The crimson-bellied parakeet’s call is a “high, rapid “wrr’wur-wir-wir-wir”.” It also makes “a strange, slightly toy-trumpet-like “peeéh”