Talk:Golden parakeet

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Did you know... that the Golden Conure (pictured) is also known as the Queen of Bavaria conure?

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Article needs balancing. more on natural history cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 01:43, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is the generic name Guaruba or Guarouba? The article shows no preference, it uses both. 70.210.166.118 (talk) 15:23, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, it's Guaruba. I fixed it in the taxobox. bibliomaniac 1 5 16:19, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New Image

Hi, I uploaded this image which is significantly sharper, larger, and has a less restrictive copyright. I hope you can use it. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Guaruba_guarouba_001_1280.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomfriedel (talk • contribs) 15:10, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Who wants to see birds in a cage?

The current image is sharp enough, but the one I uploaded (now moved into Gallery) is sharper and shows all important features. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomfriedel (talk • contribs) 04:23, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in process

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Nanday Parakeet which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RFC bot 12:00, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Guaruba guarouba -Gramado Zoo, Brazil-8a.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Guaruba guarouba -Gramado Zoo, Brazil-8a.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on September 17, 2011. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2011-09-17. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng {chat} 16:41, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

The Golden Parakeet (Guaruba guarouba) is an endangered species of Neotropical parrot that lives in the drier, upland rainforests in the Amazon Basin. Males and females appear alike, being mainly yellow with green in the outer wings and with an all-yellow tail. It has a breeding system that is almost unique amongst parrots, as pairs are aided by a number of helpers which aid in the raising of the young.Photo: Ironman br

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Conure

The actual name is the Conure, not the parakeet, why hasn't anyone read the books about this animal explaining why it is classified as a conure? Still, just something to mention while reading in the library.140.198.42.45 (talk) 01:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Taxonomically and zoologically, it's a parakeet. In aviculture, it's a conure. Wikipedia's convention is to use the proper scientific name as the article title, with alternate names following, and other colloquial names, if there are any, related to text of other sections.Sbalfour (talk) 20:59, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]