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SPECIES
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Genus: Bolborhynchus
Species: lineola
Native Continent: Central America and northernmost South America
Probable life span: 10 years
Personality: Highly interactive with people and a terrific mimic, this bird is also good-natured and hardy. Able to get along with Bourke's parakeets and Gouldian finches in an outdoor aviary. Can learn phrases and imitate sounds, easily learns basic commands such as "Up." Said to have a large-parrot personality in a small package.
Housing: Medium-sized cage with small, less than ½-inch bar spacing.
Behavior issues: Can become territorial over its cage and if not well socialized will tend to nip. They are not very aggressive, however, and may back down when threatened by other birds. Do not keep around an aggressive species.
Medical issues: No outstanding medical conditions. A steady diet of ripe fruit, low-cholesterol seeds (not sunflower) and minerals (cuttlebone is recommended), along with seed mix and some pellets will maintain good health.
Unique characteristics: It is among the tiniest of parrots at 6 3/4 inches in length. An all-black or mostly-black central tail feather is present on the male. The female with only have a small patch of black on this feather. Although called a parakeet, the lineolated has a short, wedge-shaped tail.
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