A passionate couple Caturritas snuggle affectionately resting on a rope!
The Caturrita (Myiopsitta monachus), also known as catorra or cocota is a bird of the family Psittacidae. The Caturrita is native to temperate and subtropical regions of South America are found in the pampas to the east of the Andes in Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil to Patagonia region of Argentina. The Caturrita is also known in Brazil by catorra, cocota, barroso parakeet, white chat and other names depending on the caturritas have green feathers on the back, contrasting with the belly, chest, throat and forehead gray. The beak is small and orange. Chest plumage is flaky and the wings and tail feathers have long bluish. The caturritas adult are 28 to 30 cm in total caturritas are gregarious birds that live in flocks 15 to 20 birds (larger flocks, up to 100 birds are not uncommon), and non-migratory. The breeding season runs from July to Caturrita is the only species of parrot that builds its own nest. All other group members (parrots, macaws, etc.) make their nest in tree hollows, ravines or termite mounds. The couples caturritas nest with the rest of his band and can form nests community with no more than a meter in diameter and 200 kg in weight. Nests are closed cylindrical structures, nests attached to the neighbors through the walls outside. The caturritas build their nests with sticks, in the upper branches of different trees. The nests are used year-round. When not in the reproductive period, the caturritas use them to sleep or as protection in case of storms. The caturritas reaches over 11 eggs per clutch, and about 7 of the pups manage to reach nature, the power of caturritas consists of fruits, vegetables, seeds of grasses and shrubs, flowers and buds, and even in captivity, it is not recommended to use food out of this southern Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, Caturrita plague is considered in areas of cultivation of maize and sorghum and orchards. With the disappearance of
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Location: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, America Latina
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