Conure
Your Happy Healthy Pet
Chapter One
What Is a Conure?
Conures are New World parrots,
which means they are native to
the Americas. They were first found
throughout Latin America, from
Mexico through the islands of the
Caribbean to southern Chile. The
largest conure is the Patagonian
conure, which is about seventeen and a half inches long, and the smallest is the
painted conure, which is eight and a half inches long from the top of his head to
the tip of his tail.
Conures' native environments include a wide variety of climates and terrains,
from savannahs to tropical forests and cooler mountain areas. They are peaceful
birds who live in large flocks. Conures' nesting sites in the wild range from
niches carved into sandstone cliffs to tree cavities.
Some species, such as the red throat, olive throat, Cuban, and peach front,
nest in active termite mounds or termite nests in trees. To do this, the birds
break into the termite mound with their beaks and dig a tunnel and a nesting
chamber. This effort takes them about a week, after which they leave th ... read full excerpt from Conure: Your Happy Healthy Pet ebook
