Wondrous Words

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 "The mitred conure and the red-fronted conure, both mountain species from Peru and Argentina, looked quite similar to the bird in the market. Fern flipped through the pages for aratingas, making sure there wasn't some other one she had missed. There were dozens of variations on this small green bird, among the the blue-crowned and golden-and olive-throated conures, sun conures...."
Aratinga
Bird
Aratinga is a genus of South American parakeets. They belong to the long-tailed group and are among the genera often called conures in aviculture. Most are predominantly green, although a few are predominantly yellow or orange. Wikipedia

Comments

bermudaonion said…
Great word! They're gorgeous!
October 1, 2014 at 7:05 AM
DNAPL said…
Cool! What a lovely bird.
October 1, 2014 at 7:28 AM
Margot said…
Beautiful birds and a beautiful word.
October 1, 2014 at 9:40 AM
Julia Tomiak said…
Thanks for including pictures- such vivid colors!
October 1, 2014 at 10:18 AM
B Reading said…
Now that is a nice new word. Very pretty!
October 1, 2014 at 11:37 AM
Vicki said…
I knew this word, but only because for a few years my husband and I were into buying birds and studied them extensively.
October 1, 2014 at 12:25 PM
Anonymous said…
Love the pretty photo, and word.
October 1, 2014 at 12:26 PM
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