{"id":10902,"date":"2014-12-10T17:26:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T17:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/?p=10902"},"modified":"2025-08-08T10:49:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:49:02","slug":"conure-fast-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/conure-fast-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Conure Fast Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43707\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43707\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sun-conure-px-5951906-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"sun conure perched on branch leaning to the side\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sun-conure-px-5951906-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sun-conure-px-5951906-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sun-conure-px-5951906-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sun-conure-px-5951906.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/parrot-bird-feathers-plumage-5951906\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rutpratheep0\/Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not to take away from <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/species\/cockatiel\/\">cockatiels<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/species\/budgie-parakeet\/\">budgies<\/a> (a.k.a. parakeets) \u2014\u00a0which, despite misnomers, are also parrots (and great companions, too!) \u2014\u00a0but <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/species\/conure\/\">conures<\/a> are often thought of as a \u201creal parrot,\u201d especially for those who had one of the aforementioned feathered companions growing up.<\/p>\n<p>Conures certainly look and act more like we would expect from larger parrots. Here are some fun conure facts.<\/p>\n<h2>They Are New World<\/h2>\n<p>Conures are New World parrots. They originate from the Western Hemisphere, namely Central and South America.<\/p>\n<h2>They Call Each Other Names<\/h2>\n<p>In 2012, Danish researchers did a <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencenordic.com\/parrots-use-sounds-people-use-names\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study on wild orange-fronted conures<\/a> in Central and South America to learn why parrots are such good mimics. The researchers discovered that conures have a highly developed system of communication that allows them to quickly imitate flock members\u2019 individual calls. They surmise that each parrot in a flock encounters new members each day as birds join and leave the flock. Communication might be a way of negotiating inclusion into the flock<\/p>\n<h2>Conure or Parakeet?<\/h2>\n<p>Most pet bird enthusiasts\/aviculturists refer to these parrots as conures; however, most ornithologists refer to them in more generic term \u201cparakeet.\u201d There are also some differences in common names amongst the two groups. For example, most pet bird enthusiasts\/aviculturists refer to the parrot with the scientific name <em>Nandayus nenday<\/em> as a nanday conure, while ornithologists often refer to this same bird as the black-hooded parakeet. Similarly, <em>Aratinga erythrogenys <\/em>is often called the cherry-headed conure by aviculturists and a red-masked parakeet by ornithologists.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Aratinga<\/em> or <em>Pyrrhura<\/em>?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44126\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44126\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/green-cheek-conure-ground-pex-17052115-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"green-cheek conure walking on ground\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/green-cheek-conure-ground-pex-17052115-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/green-cheek-conure-ground-pex-17052115-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/green-cheek-conure-ground-pex-17052115-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/green-cheek-conure-ground-pex-17052115.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/close-up-of-a-green-cheeked-parakeet-17052115\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Wu\/Pexels<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most of the conure species that are\u00a0commonly kept as pets are scientifically classified as belonging to either the\u00a0<em>Aratinga<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em><em>Pyrrhura<\/em><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/em>genus. The word <em>Aratinga <\/em>comes from an extinct Brazilian language that translates to bright macaw \u2014\u00a0<em>ara for<\/em> \u201cmacaw\u201d and <em>tinga<\/em>\u00a0for \u201cbright.\u201d <em>Aratinga <\/em>conures are slightly larger than\u00a0<em><em>Pyrrhura<\/em><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>conures and include the sun conure, jenday conure, peach-fronted conure, brown-headed conure, half-moon conure and dusky conure.\u00a0<em><em>Pyrrhura<\/em><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>conures are mostly green and include the green-cheeked conure, black-capped conure, maroon-bellied conure, pearly conure, black-, painted conure and crimson-bellied conure.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44228\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44228\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nanday-conure-wm-jpatrickfischer-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Nanday conure sitting on perch\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nanday-conure-wm-jpatrickfischer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nanday-conure-wm-jpatrickfischer-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nanday-conure-wm-jpatrickfischer-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nanday-conure-wm-jpatrickfischer.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:2011-4_parrot_in_Strasbourg.jpg\">J. Patrick Fischer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\">CC BY 3.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When it comes to scientifically naming conures, some species have been reclassified and\/or debated as to what genus they belong to. Nanday conures used to be grouped with the <em>Aratinga<\/em> genus, but were given their own genus <em>Nandayus nenday. <\/em>Another conure previously classified <em>Aratinga <\/em>conure is the golden conure, which is also in a genus class of its own, <em>Guaruba guarouba<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest conure of all \u2014\u00a0the Patagonian conure \u2014\u00a0also has its own genus\/species designation: <em>Cyanoliseus patagonus. <\/em>As the name suggests, these conures are found in Argentina\u2019s and Chile\u2019s Patagonia region.<\/p>\n<h2>The Conure We Lost<\/h2>\n<p>The Carolina parakeet (<em>Conuropsis carolinensis)<\/em> was a conure species native to the United States. Sadly, this conure was hunted to extinction in the early 1900s. Bird hunters at the time are reported\u00a0to have said\u00a0that Carolina parakeets were easy to hunt because they would return to mourn the loss of their flock members.<\/p>\n<h2>They Are Survivalists<\/h2>\n<p>Numerous wild colonies of conures exist, including\u00a0cherry-headed conures, mitred conures, nanday conures and half-moon conures. These colonies\u00a0appear to be thriving in urban areas across California, including the city of Long Beach, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Clara County and San Diego County. The book <em>The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill <\/em>by Mark Bittner and documentary film of the same name feature a flock of cherry-headed conures that frequent this area of San Francisco.<\/p>\n<h2>Not-So-Common Conures<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44225\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44225\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/patagonian-conure-wm-\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0438\u043a-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Patagonian conure sitting on perch, possibly at a zoo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/patagonian-conure-wm-\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0438\u043a-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/patagonian-conure-wm-\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0438\u043a-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/patagonian-conure-wm-\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0438\u043a-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/patagonian-conure-wm-\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0438\u043a.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%86_(11).JPG\">\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0438\u043a<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Conures include\u00a0many species. Sun, jenday, green-cheek, and maroon-bellied conures are the most commonly kept as pets, but those are only a small sampling of conure species in existence. There are also the Austral conure, fiery-shouldered conure, Finsch&#8217;s conure, El Oro conure, Chapman\u2019s conure, Blaze-winged conure, cactus conure, Petz conure, Deville\u2019s conure, Jamaican conure, slender-billed conure and many, many others. Most of these others\u00a0are too rare to be kept as a companion pet.<\/p>\n<h2>Basic Features<\/h2>\n<p>Conures are capable of loud, sometimes ear-piercing, vocalizations. Conures in the <em>Pyrrhura<\/em>\u00a0genus are said to be less noisy than those of the <em>Aratinga <\/em>genus. Common conure colors are orange, yellow, or mostly green with accent colors that vary in color and intensity. There are no mostly white-colored or mostly red-colored conure species. A conure\u2019s beak is usually gray (horn-colored) or black, and all conure species have a featherless ring around their eyes (a.k.a. a \u201cnaked eye ring\u201d).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conures are popular pet companions for good reason \u2014 these parrots are full of spunk with colorful personalities and a wide range of colors and sizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pet-bird-care","bird-type-conure"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Conure Fast Facts &#8211; 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