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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
PlantsParaíso (Melia azedarach)22/07/2021Rosemary Scoffield



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 644467
  Adult
Carhué
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/24/2025
Tiago Vaggi
Foto
Photography ID: 644064
  Adult
Villa Iris
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/19/2025
Brenda Desch
Foto
Photography ID: 636971
  Adult
Bordenave
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/24/2025
Daniel Chiesa
Foto
Photography ID: 617493
  Adult
Partido de Villarino
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/16/2024
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 617226
  Adult
Partido de Villarino
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/16/2024
Jorgelina Lopez
Foto
Photography ID: 604164
  Adult
Laguna Chasico
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/05/2024
Gabriel Carbajales
Foto
Photography ID: 595042
  Adult
Lago Salinas Grandes
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/05/2024
Alec Earnshaw
Foto
Photography ID: 585802
  Adult
Bahía Blanca
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/12/2023
Gustavo Abel Larracoechea
Foto
Photography ID: 552576
  Adult
Bordenave
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/06/2023
Victoria Herrera
Foto
Photography ID: 542292
♂ ♀  Adult
Bahía Blanca
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/24/2023
Diego Hernán Pérez
Foto
Photography ID: 542291
  Adult
Bahía Blanca
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/24/2023
Fernando Naifleisch



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
243161105/02/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresPehuen CoMartín Lépez
241243211/12/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino a Laguna Chasicó, ChasicoHernán Tolosa
239961711/12/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino a Laguna Chasicó, ChasicoJorgelina Lopez
237881517/10/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresLocalidad 1728 Calle 72, General Belgrano3Susana Gomez
243450823/08/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresEjido urbano, Balneario ChapalcóGustavo Abel Larracoechea
232537224/07/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresLago Epecuén, CarhuéTiago Vaggi
232437819/07/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresVilla IrisBrenda Desch
229495724/05/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresBordenaveDaniel Chiesa
223018516/12/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino a Laguna Chasicó, Partido de VillarinoHernán Tolosa
222942216/12/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna Chasico, Partido de VillarinoJorgelina Lopez
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Blue-crowned Parakeet (Thectocercus acuticaudatus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/04/2026.