Ecologist - Writer - Photographer
Sun birds: sun conure/parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis)

These sun conures were photogenically lined up in the sunshine along a branch. Their bright golden plumage glowed in the shaft of yellow sunlight in which they perched. Sun conure, or sun parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis) [native to South America].

Location: Pretoria Zoo, Pretoria, South Africa

Photographer: Jason Gilchrist

Sun birds: sun conure/parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis)

These sun conures were photogenically lined up in the sunshine along a branch. Their bright golden plumage glowed in the shaft of yellow sunlight in which they perched. Sun conure, or sun parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis) [native to South America].

Location: Pretoria Zoo, Pretoria, South Africa

Photographer: Jason Gilchrist