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==Threats==

==Threats==

In captivity, sun conures (the term "conure" describes New World parakeets of the Tribe Arini) are inquisitive and curious.  If properly tamed, they make loving pets, and can be taught to mimic human words and phrases as well as do tricks.  But it is the pet trade which caused a marked decrease in numbers throughout their wild range during the past three decades; once found throughout the Guiana Highlands and northern Brazil into Venezuela, sun conures are now only found in small numbers in central Guyana and the Brazilian state of Roraima<ref>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22685701/0</ref>. Easily caught in the wild with simple bait traps, the total wild population has been reduced to an estimated 4,000 individual birds, with some 90% in Brazil.

In captivity, sun conures (the term "conure" describes New World parakeets of the Tribe Arini) are inquisitive and curious.  If properly tamed, they make loving pets, and can be taught to mimic human words and phrases as well as do tricks.  But it is the pet trade which caused a marked decrease in numbers throughout their wild range during the past three decades; once found throughout the Guiana Highlands and northern Brazil into Venezuela, sun conures are now only found in small numbers in central Guyana and the Brazilian state of Roraima.<ref>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22685701/0</ref>  Easily caught in the wild with simple bait traps, the total wild population has been reduced to an estimated 4,000 individual birds, with some 90% in Brazil.

==References==

==References==

[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Parrots]][[Category:New World Parrots]][[Category:Conures]]

[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Parrots]][[Category:New World Parrots]][[Category:Conures]]