Genus: Pionopsitta
Description
Medium-size parrots with short tail and wings.
Taxonomy
Pionopsitta is a genus in the Family Psittacidae.
Several species were moved to the genus Pyrilia (and not as proposed to Gypopsitta) recently.
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P. pileata | Pileated Parrot | ||
Reference
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline03.html read in May 2008
SACC proposals to split Pionopsitta and to use Pyrilia