31/01/2006;
Fazenda Canaã, Pentecoste, Ceará, Brazil.
200 mm f2.8 lens.
Figure 1.
The Cactus Parakeet is quite
common in rural Ceará, and can often be seen
around fruit trees. The bird on
the photo is eating cirigüelas, the fruits
of Spondias purpurea.
For a photo of a Cactus Parakeet in flight, see this link of Arthur Grosset's site.
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