. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. 101 1988 108(3) Range extension of the Red-fan Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus in Amazonian Brazil by Leo Joseph Received 24 October 1987 On 9 February 1986, at c. 1 km from the settlement of Jaciparana at the crossing of the Rio Jaciparana, a right-bank tributary of the Rio Madeira, c. 60 km SW of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil, (Figs. 1, 2) I watched 3 Deroptyus accipitrinus for one hour. The locality is c. 720 km NW of Juruena and c. 200 km SW of the confluence of the Rio Jiparana and Rio Madeira. Distinctive features
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. 101 1988 108(3) Range extension of the Red-fan Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus in Amazonian Brazil by Leo Joseph Received 24 October 1987 On 9 February 1986, at c. 1 km from the settlement of Jaciparana at the crossing of the Rio Jaciparana, a right-bank tributary of the Rio Madeira, c. 60 km SW of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil, (Figs. 1, 2) I watched 3 Deroptyus accipitrinus for one hour. The locality is c. 720 km NW of Juruena and c. 200 km SW of the confluence of the Rio Jiparana and Rio Madeira. Distinctive features were the short black primaries, green wings, rump and tail, the latter seeming to have a dark terminal band; purple and blue underparts and hindneck; head ground colour brown, heavily streaked pale cream, especially on the crown; frons and lores blackish, iris creamy. In size they were about that of an Amazona parrot but noticeably less stocky. No other parrot with conspicuously purple and blue underparts is known to occur in Amazonian Brazil, while the green upperparts, pale iris and raised nuchal ruff seen momentarily in one individual once, further render the identification secure. Indeed the crown being heavily streaked with pale cream is indicative of the subspecies D. a. fuscifrons, which occurs south of the Amazon (Forshaw 1977). At the time, I did not consider the sighting exceptional and so made no further notes. The habitat in the immediate area was flooded forest. Nearby areas could be described as disturbed terra firma rainforest with scattered areas of land being used for agriculture. The birds were feeding in an unidenti- fied tree growing in the waters of the Rio Jaciparana, stripping the outer, dark covering of the leaf petioles. Evidently, they were eating this dark covering because only the inner, light-coloured parts of the petioles were seen falling to the river below. 1400. Figure 1. Map of northern South America showing the distribution of D. accipitrinus
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