Subject: Re: The Seward Park Parrots
Date: Jan 15 11:57:12 1997
From: "'Gavia immer' Deborah Wisti-Peterson" - nyneve at u.washington.edu


"parakeet" is a general descriptive term applied to almost all
small psittacines that display these physical characteristics;

generally smaller than "average"
long, pointed tail
slender body build

conures commonly are described as being "parakeets" even though
they are not the same sort of parakeet as those sold in petshops
(budgerigars).

Deborah Wisti-Peterson email:nyneve at u.washington.edu
Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
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