When you hear the name, Green Cheek Conure, what do you think of? Do you think that it just another kind of bird that flies around and poops everywhere. Then you are wrong big time. The Green Cheek Conure are a very unique type of Conure that many people travel great long distance just to see one in the wild. Many people purchase the conure because of their unique abilities to mimic people. The Green Cheek Conure is a very popular birds in peoples aviculture. These Conures are playful and intelligent animals also one of the smallest conure species. The Green Cheek Conure have beautiful physical characteristics, live in a rainforest habitat, and require a special diet whether in the wild or in a home as a pet. The Green Cheek Conure are very playful and intelligent birds that have beautiful bright physical characteristics. Some of the colors on the Green Cheek Conure are just amazing to look at. For an example, the top of the conure’s head has “grayish/blackish feathers...with a black beak”("About Green Cheek Conure"). Then comes the ear that is the color of light gray with of ,course, green colored cheeks. That’s where the bird’s name comes from”(“About Green Cheek Conure”). However, with their many colored feathers their main color is green that is most around the whole body. The feathers on its wings are called flight feathers that are dark maroon colors. The last part of the conure is the pinkish feet that have long gray nails that the end of the 4 toes. These Conures are truly beautiful animals that live in the wild and their physical characteristics are amazing from just one small conure. Just as the Green Cheek Conure have beautiful characteristics, they also live in a beautiful habitat and how they live. They mainly live... ... middle of paper ... ...dangered. These birds are dying quickly because they are shipped all around the world in boxes. These birds are amazing animals so try and help today and save these birds. Works Cited Paiva, Sergio. "Green Cheek Conure." Parrot Facts. Parrot Facts, 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2014. Shelton, Kathleen. "Green Cheek Conure - Conure Babies L Breeder of Exceptional Conures." Conure Babies L Breeder of Exceptional Conures. N.p., 2010. Web. 24 Jan. 2014. Unknown. "The Green Cheeked Parrot - Top Ten Endangered SPEciES." Top Ten Endangered SPEciES. Weebly, n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2014 Unknown. "About Green Cheek Conure: Training, Temperament & Characteristics."About Green Cheek Conure: Training, Temperament & Characteristics. Parrot Secrets, 2003. Web. 30 Jan. 2014. Waller, Anthony. "Green-Cheeked Conure." Green-Cheeked Conure Bird Research Report. Gambassa, 2013. Web. 22 Jan. 2014.
The red-cockaded woodpecker, an inhabitant of mature pine forests and pine-grassland ecosystems from Maryland to eastern Texas, has had a troubled history within the last decade (Roise et al, 1990). Ten years ago, James documented a population decline in America’s largest remaining red-cockaded woodpecker population (1991). Of the 2,157 clusters, or living groups, contained in national forests, 693 of them were located in Florid...
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Of the birds of Arizona, the cactus wren is likely to be the most well known, as it is the state bird. The cactus wren is a very vocal bird with the white eye stripes behind each of it’s eyes. Its breast is heavily flecked with dark brown and black, whilst its tail feathers alternate between black, brown and white. Its beak also has a faint curve to it. The cactus wren makes its home in a variety of desert environments, most commonly in the foothills with all manner of scrub such as yucca, mesquite, and its namesake, cactus. One of the most numerous birds of the city is quail who tend to live in washes and bushes as they are often too heavily weighted to fly far off the ground or for long distances. The Northern mockingbird also
Every day many species are slowly becoming either endangered or extinct and recently an endangered bird species called piping plovers, started nesting on Revere Beach. What would seem as a miraculous discovery, many are averse to their new inhabitants on the beach. Many Revere residents are complaining because the piping plovers now occupy parts of “their” beach. But in the article “Revere Beach should welcome the piping plover” The Editorial Board believes that the presence of the piping plover could be greatly beneficial to the city of Revere and I certainly agree. What led me to select this particular article is my concern for the many endangered species in the world like the piping plover. Human hands have led many species to become endangered
Chipmunks have short, dense body fur. It is the same color for males and females. This is a reddish-brown with black and white hairs. The cheeks and sides of the body are grayish-tan to tawny brown.
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Furthermore, the grey squirrel’s color and size are distinctive traits that separate it from other species. First of all, coloring stays the same when it comes to males and females. Its hue ranges from pale grey to dark grey (Fischer, Lawinczak, Pagad). Its ears, underparts, and tail are all white to pale grey. Ginger-colored fur can be found on this squirrel’s head, hips, feet, and underparts (Lawiczak, Pagad). A natural occurrence among the grey squirrel is melanism, meaning it has an elevated amount of melanin in its pelt (Fischer, Lawinczak, Pa...
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tail. They have gray or rosy brown backs with lighter gray or brown hind legs and have
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