Eupsittula canicularis

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Historia Natural

Reproducción

Construyen sus nidos dentro de una cavidad ubicada en un termitario, usualmente excavados por ellos mismos. También utilizan los huecos hechos por pájaros carpinteros (Picidae) y algunas veces cavidades naturales.

Ponen de 3 a 5 huevos. Se reproducen durante la estación seca.

Alimentación

Comen frutos (Ficus, Brosimun, Byrsonima, Bursera), flores (madero negro (Gliricidia sepium), Combretum y semillas de ceiba (Ceiba pentandra) y guabas (Inga spp.).

Comportamiento

Forman bandadas de 30 o más individuos, y en época de reproducción aumentan su número hasta 100 individuos o más, que conviven en dormideros comunales.

Habitat y Distribución

Habitat

Es frecuente en sabanas con árboles dispersos, bosques secundarios, bordes de bosque y en el dosel de bosques deciduos o siempreverdes.

Distribución

Es una especie residente común en las bajuras del Pacífico norte (Guanacaste) y Tilarán, y en las montañas altas de la Península de Nicoya. Aunque es regular, es cada vez menos común en el Valle Central; se extiende al menos hasta Grecia por el sector oeste. En el pasado se extendía hasta San José. En los últimos años su población ha disminuido en muchas áreas, debido a la persecución de la que son objeto para integrarlos al comercio de mascotas.

Distribución fuera de Costa Rica

Se distribuye desde el oeste de México hasta Costa Rica.

Distribución de Area de conservación

GuanacasteTempisqueArenalPacifico Central

Usos y Manejos

Usos

Son apreciadas como mascotas, razón por la que son capturadas y vendidas a ciudadanos costarricenses y a turístas extranjeros.

Demografía y Conservación

Estado de amenaza

Es considerada una especie bajo amenaza de extinción y está protegida y regulada por la Ley de Conservación de la Vida Silvestre No. 7317, la Ley Orgánica del Ambiente No. 7554 y el decreto No. 26435-MINAE. Asimismo está incluida en el Apéndice ll del Convenio sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestre (CITES).

Descripción

Descripción científica

Mide 22.5 cm. y pesa 80 grs. Es de tamaño mediano, cola larga, con azul en las alas y un patrón facial conspicuo.

Los adultos son principalmente de color verde, más amarillo y claro por debajo y con un tinte oliva en el pecho. El forro de las alas es oliva amarillento, y las remeras azules, en su mayoría, al igual que la punta de la cola. La frente es anaranjada y la coronilla es de color azul opaco. El iris es amarillo y el anillo ocular desnudo es amarillo naranja. El pico es entre blancuzco y color cuerno claro y las patas grisáceo apagado.

En los individuos juveniles el naranja de la frente es menos extenso (no se extiende hasta el área loreal, como en el adulto).

Información taxonómica

Reino: Animalia

Filo: Chordata

Clase: Aves

Orden: Psittaciformes

Familia: Psittacidae

Género: Eupsittula

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Golden fronted woodpeckers live mainly in Mexico and Central America but their range does extend into Texas and parts of Oklahoma. I photographed this male golden fronted at the Santa Clara Ranch in southern Texas.

An interesting fact about these birds is that "they consume about as much fruit and nuts as it does insects. In summer in Texas, the faces of some woodpeckers become stained purple from eating fruit of the prickly pear cactus."

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Sunset on Musselburgh beach.

The approaching cloud front, illuminated by the setting sun, acted like a huge reflector that covered the landscape with a very special soft light.

Die sich nähernde, von der untergehenden Sonne beleuchtete Wolkenfront wirkte wie ein gigantischer Reflektor, und die Umgebung in ein ganz besonderes weiches Licht hüllte.

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A good chance to see the front and the back of a Greater Scaup.

Seen from below, Berlin's Television Tower is quite something to behold. And also at a distance. Its construction started in 1965 and, at 368 metres (over 1200 feet), this is still the tallest building in Germany.

It's the location of several TV and radio stations and it also includes an observation deck from where you can get panoramic views of the city (no more than 400 people can remain on this deck at the same time).

Vista a partir da base, a Torre de Televisão de Berlim é uma visão impressionante. À distância também. Começou a ser construída em 1965 e, na realidade, com 368 metros de altura, é o edifício mais alto da Alemanha.

Lá dentro, funcionam várias estações de rádio e de TV, incluindo ainda um observatório que proporciona vistas panorâmicas sobre a cidade e onde não podem permanecer mais do que 400 pessoas em simultâneo.

Germany/Alemanha - Berlin/Berlim

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