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DESCRIPTION
5V2 inches (14cm). Overall black with purple-blue sheen on shoulders and
tail, and a 'ski-mask' hood of bluish-green with eye and beak area showing
through black. Rump and underside orange, lesser wing coverts blue-green.
Eyes brown, beak and legs black. Female has the hood effect on head, but
other colouring duller. Immatures achieve adult plumage after about a
year.
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION
East Brazil.
HABITAT
Forests, high in the crowns of trees, leaving only to seek food, in small
groups.
DIET
Variety of fruit — berries, currants, raisins, grapes, cut pear, apple,
dates, figs, bananas, halved oranges - as well as rusk crumbs, ant pupae,
small mealworms, grated carrots, chopped
boiled egg and fatless red meat. For a treat, bread soaked in milk and
honey.
SPECIAL NEEDS
Keep recently imported birds at constant 77°F (25°C), gradually
decreasing to 68°F (20°C) after acclimatization. Hose down daily
and provide with room-temperature bath water. Allow to breed only in habitat
without small exotic birds because they may steal young birds from the
nests.
CAGE LIFE
Tame and tolerant birds for cage or aviary. If kept in cage, cover bottom,
but not with sand; supply shell grit separately. In aviary, like to hide
and chase each other. Prefer to live in small groups, so keep a few pairs
together. Allow to fly in room with cage, preferably towards evening.
Pair builds nest together, as high as possible. Lay 2 to 4 pinkish-red
eggs with darker spots, incubation 13 to 14 days, fledging 14 to 21 days.
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