conure
English
a red-masked conure (Aratinga erythrogenys)
Etymology
From scientific Latin Conurus (genus name), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒnjʊə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
conure (plural conures)
- Any of many New World parakeets of the former genus Conurus, now reassigned to other genera in subfamily Arinae, principally Psittacara and Eupsittula.
Derived terms
- austral conure (Enicognathus ferrugineus)
- azuero conure (Pyrrhura picta)
- dusky-headed conure (Aratinga weddellii)
- golden conure (Guaruba guarouba)
- green-cheeked conure (Pyrrhura molinae)
- half-moon conure (Eupsittula canicularis)
- mitred conure (Psittacara mitratus)
- Molina's conure (Pyrrhura molinae)
- nanaday conure, nanday conure (Aratinga nenday)
- olive-throated conure (Eupsittula nana)
- orange-fronted conure (Eupsittula canicularis)
- painted conure (Pyrrhura picta)
- Patagonian conure (Cyanoliseus patagonus)
- peach-fronted conure (Eupsittula aurea)
- pearly conure (Pyrrhura lepida)
- perija conure (Pyrrhura picta)
- Pfrimer's conure (Pyrrhura pfrimeri)
- pineapple conure (Pyrrhura molinae)
- sun conure (Aratinga solstitialis)
- Weddell's conure (Aratinga weddellii)
Translations
References
conure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Arini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Arini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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