Photo: Aratinga Erythrogenys
Kingdom: Animals
Type: chordal
Class: Birds
Squad: parrot
Family: Parrot
Subvenuation: Real parrots
Rod: Arating
Body length 33 cm. The main coloring is green, sometimes with a rare interspersing of red feathers. Crown, forehead and sides of the head red. Wing plumage in the middle of the inside and red blades. The unexpected zone around the eyes is white. The beak of flesh -colored. The iris yellow. Females and males are painted the same.
Lives on the southwestern coast of Ecuador and North Peru.
Settled in arid areas, live in flocks from 6 to 10 birds. These are nomadic, noisy and noticeable birds.
Usually nest in the hollows of trees. In the masonry there are from 3 to 4 eggs. The female forces masonry 23—24 days. At about 2 months of age, drunk chicks leave the nest.
Other types of genus «Arating»:
- White -eyed Arating
- Haician arating
- Mexican Arating
- Zlatshapa arating
- Golden Arating
- Gold Arating
- Cactus arating
- Colombian Arating
- Brown -high arating
- Brown -headed arating
- Red -faced arating
- Cuban Arating
- Orange -haired Arating
- Sinelia Arating
- Solar arating
- Endia
- Finns Arating
