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title: "Elfenbeinsittich"
description: "Eupsittula canicularis — Vögel. Eupsittula canicularis, also known as the orange-fronted parakeet, orange-fronted conure, half-moon conure or Petz's conure is a vulnerable species of birds in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/orange-fronted-parakeet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Elfenbeinsittich

> Eupsittula canicularis — Vögel. Eupsittula canicularis, also known as the orange-fronted parakeet, orange-fronted conure, half-moon conure or Petz's conure is a vulnerable species of birds in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots.

- Scientific name: *Eupsittula canicularis*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 6524
- Wikidata: [Q27074957](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27074957)
- iNaturalist taxon: [367558](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367558)

## Names

- en: Orange-fronted Parakeet
- de: Elfenbeinsittich
- es: Perico frente naranja
- fr: Conure à front rouge
- it: Parrocchetto frontearancio
- nl: Ivooraratinga
- pt: Periquito-de-testa-laranja
- pl: Konura pomarańczowoczelna

## Countries with the most observations

MX (3872), CR (786), NI (214), SV (209), HN (147), PR (76), GT (58)

## Summary

Eupsittula canicularis, also known as the orange-fronted parakeet, orange-fronted conure, half-moon conure or Petz's conure is a vulnerable species of birds in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found from western Mexico to Costa Rica.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupsittula_canicularis

## Photo

![Elfenbeinsittich](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-fronted-parakeet/medium.jpg)

Photo: adel-fridus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285127577

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/orange-fronted-parakeet?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).