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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
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