Family Parrots (Psittacidae)
Least Concern
Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus)
Taxonomy
French: Papegeai maillé German: Fächerpapagei Spanish: Loro cacique
Other common names:
Hawk-headed Parrot
Taxonomy:
Psittacus accipitrinus
Linnaeus
, 1758,India; error = Cayenne
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Subspecies and Distribution
D. a. accipitrinus
(Linnaeus, 1758) – Northern Red-fan Parrot – E & SE Colombia, E Ecuador and N Peru (R Pastaza) to Venezuela, the Guianas and Brazil N of Amazon (to Amapá).
D. a. fuscifrons
Hellmayr, 1905 – Southern Red-fan Parrot – Brazil S of Amazon from upper R Madeira, Rondônia and N Mato Grosso E to Maranhão; also NE Peru (R Yavarí) and possibly N Bolivia.
Descriptive notes
35–36 cm; 190–300 g. Forehead and crown above eye white; face, cheeks and throat brown with buff shaft streaks, also some feathers backing mid-crown; hindcrown,... read more
Voice
A variety of rather high-pitched screeches, squeals and whistles. A commonly heard, diagnostic call... read more
Habitat
Undisturbed terra firme forest, sometimes apparently avoiding várzea, edge... read more
Food and feeding
Small understorey fruits, hard fruits of various palms such as Attalea, Astrocaryum, Euterpe and Jessenia... read more
Breeding
Dec and Feb in Brazil; Jan–Apr in the Guianas; Feb–Jun in Venezuela, but with courtship and copulation witnessed in Aug. Nest... read more
Movements
Some local displacements may occur as abundance fluctuates seasonally in certain areas.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. CITES II. Nominate accipitrinus common in NE of range, less so in W, and known by a single record in Ecuador; little threatened by habitat... read more
Races might be regarded as constituting a parapatric species-pair. Two subspecies currently recognized.