Order
Psittaciformes
Family
Psittacidae
Genus
Bolborhynchus
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola

Carlos A. Soberanes-González, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published February 15, 2013

Behavior

Introduction

Barred Parakeet most often is seen in flight; the flight is swift, direct, and often high above the canopy (Stiles and Skutch 1989, Whitney 1996). This species rarely is observed perched.

Territoriality

Sexual Behavior

Social and interspecific behavior

It is a highly sociable species, in dry seasons fly in small groups, but is known to fly at other times in large groups of over 100 individuals.

Predation

Recommended Citation

Soberanes-González, C. A., C. I. Rodríguez-Flores, M. d. C. Arizmendi, and T. S. Schulenberg (2013). Barred Parakeet (Bolborhynchus lineola), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.barpar1.01
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