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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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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 625529
  Adult
Tinogasta
Catamarca
Argentina
01/28/2025
Gustavo Daniel González
Foto
Photography ID: 609343
  Adult
Pirané
Formosa
Argentina
10/21/2024
Gustavo Daniel González
Foto
Photography ID: 609327
  Adult
Formosa
Formosa
Argentina
10/19/2024
Gustavo Daniel González
Foto
Photography ID: 548976
♂ ♀  Adult
Santiago del Estero
Santiago del Estero
Argentina
09/17/2023
Gustavo Daniel González
Foto
Photography ID: 387464
♂ ♀  Adult
Sañogasta
La Rioja
Argentina
02/06/2020
Gustavo Daniel González
Foto
Photography ID: 360937
  Adult
Las Juntas
Catamarca
Argentina
10/14/2019
Gustavo Daniel González
Foto
Photography ID: 360936
♂ ♀  Adult
El Rodeo, Ambato
Catamarca
Argentina
10/14/2019
Gustavo Daniel González



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
226125328/01/2025ArgentinaCatamarcaSan Roque, TinogastaGustavo Daniel González
219117421/10/2024ArgentinaFormosaRiacho Monte lindo grande, PiranéGustavo Daniel González
219115919/10/2024ArgentinaFormosaHerradura, FormosaGustavo Daniel González
188632017/09/2023ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroEl Zanjón, Santiago del EsteroGustavo Daniel González
155189929/01/2022ArgentinaLa PampaReserva Provincial Parque LuroGustavo Daniel González
155167729/01/2022ArgentinaLa PampaReserva Provincial Parque LuroGustavo Daniel González
155167628/01/2022ArgentinaLa PampaReserva Provincial Parque LuroGustavo Daniel González
121029506/02/2020ArgentinaLa RiojaSañogastaGustavo Daniel González
112680114/10/2019ArgentinaCatamarcaLas JuntasGustavo Daniel González
112680014/10/2019ArgentinaCatamarcaLa Puerta, El Rodeo, AmbatoGustavo Daniel González
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Blue-crowned Parakeet (Thectocercus acuticaudatus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 25/03/2026.