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Includes Chocó Parakeet
- Pyrrhura melanura
Identification
Distribution
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy
Five subspecies are recognized[1]:
- P. m. pacifica
- P. m. chapmani
- P. m. melanura
- P. m. souancei
- P. m. berlepschi
Of these, the first one has been proposed split as a full species Chocó Parakeet Pyrrhura pacifica[2].
Habitat
Forest and montanes
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Birdforum thread discussing taxonomy of this species
