#deroptyus

[herpsandbirds]

Red-fan Parrot aka Hawk-headed Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Brazil

photograph by Thiago Calil

[mutant-distraction]

The Red-fan Parrot. . .

The red-fan parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus), also known as the hawk-headed parrot, is an unusual New World parrot native to the Amazon Rainforest.

The red-fan parrot possesses elongated neck feathers that can be raised to form an elaborate fan around its head. When feeling playful or threatened, it showcases this unique behavior, making it a remarkable sight. Its plumage includes a dark brown face with white streaks, a bare black patch around its brown eye, green wings, flanks, and tail, and a strikingly red and blue barred breast. The ability to erect its nape feathers into a colorful fan adds to its allure.

These parrots nest in tree holes and stumps. Typically, they lay two to three eggs, which hatch after approximately 26 days. The young start to fledge at around 10 weeks old in the wild. Although only a few nests have been examined, they usually contain a single chick.

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Image credit: Jarbas Mattos

Text credit: Earth of Wonders

[amnhnyc]

The Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus) puts its signature plumage to use in a few ways. When threatened, it’ll fan out its vibrant neck feathers to intimidate a foe by making itself seem larger in size. Feathers are also used in courtship rituals, when they’re raised up as come-hither collars by males and females in a display as a pair will sway their heads from side to side. Spot this bird in tropical forests throughout parts of South America, including Colombia and Peru.

Photo: Sham Edmond, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

[fascinator-birds]

Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus)

© Silvia Faustino Linhares

[tranceberry]

The red-fan parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus), here a young specimen, is found in the Amazon Rainforest.

adult red-fan parrot male

[natural-selections]

***RARE TAXIDERMY!*** Found in the Amazon Rainforest, this is a rare taxidermy Hawk Headed Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus)! This bird passed of natural causes in a South African zoo, but in the wild they nest in trees and stumps in the forest canopy.

This 15" taxiermied parrot is available exclusively in Canada. We cannot export it across national borders.

We are asking $895, buy it now on www.SkullStore.ca, or in-store Thursday-Sunday (12-6pm) at 397 Dundas Street East, Toronto.

[lemeoli]

Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus),

[psikonauti]

Red-fan parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus accipitrinus)

[triruntu]

Day 126, the red-fanned parrot, also known as the hawk headed parrot!  Fun fact, this was going to be a full body pose but seeing as how this just by itself took an hour to do, I shrunk it to another headshot.  Parrots are difficult for me for some reason.

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Red-fan parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus)

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[herpsandbirds]

Red-fan Parrot aka Hawk-headed Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Manaus, Brazil

photograph by @my_little_sensor

[mutant-distraction]

Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus) in Brazil by Thiago Calil.

[amnhnyc]

Feeling as colorful as the Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus) this weekend? Native to the tropical forests of South America, this parrot can be seen resting on branches high in the treetops with a group of four to 20 individuals. When threatened, it fans out its vibrant neck feathers, this species' speciality. These are also used in courtship rituals, when they’re raised up as come-hither collars by males and females in a display where a pair will sway their heads from side to side. Photo: Sham Edmond https://www.instagram.com/p/BxoQICVACdH/?igshid=lpqalv9i52qs

[fascinator-birds]

Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus)

© Carl Downing

[natureisfuckinglitbot]

🔥 The colorful Hawk-Headed Parrot, the only living member of the genus Deroptyus

[tharook]

Oh so when I make chimæras it’s “a crime against nature” but when nature herself does it it’s “Deroptyus accipitrinus”!

Hawk Headed Parrot