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- Pyrrhura picta
Includes: Sinu Parakeet; Azuero Parakeet, Todd's Parakeet and Venezuelan Parakeet
Identification
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil.
Taxonomy
A recent paper by Leo Josephs has split the Painted Parakeet complex into many species[1]. A molecular dataset have prompted SACC[2] to rearrange the species limits in the complex involving this species and White-eared Parakeet and split off some but not all of the species proposed in reference 1.
Subspecies[3]
There are currently 7 subspecies:
Picta Group
- P. p. picta:
- P. p. emma:
- Patchily distributed humid forests of coastal northern Venezuela
- P. p. auricularis:
- Coastal north-eastern Venezuela (Sucre, Anzoátegui and Monagas)
emma (together with auricularis) are split by Gill and Donsker as Venezuelan Parakeet.
The following three subspecies are all still recognised as such by Clements (and the IOC), though not by all checklists[4] (see also note above)
- P. p. subandina (Sinu Parakeet):
- North-western Colombia (lower Sinú River Valley)
- P. p. caeruleiceps (Todd's Parakeet):
- Western slope of Eastern Andes of northern Colombia and Sierra de Perijá
- P. p. eisenmanni (Azuero Parakeet):
- South-central Panama (Azuero Peninsula)
Habitat
Found in humid forest and borders in hilly areas.
Behaviour
It flies fast,moving in flocks of 10 to 15 individuals.
References
- Birdforum Discussion thread on the taxonomy of the Pyrrhura picta complex.
- [ SACC proposal] to rearrange this species and White-eared Parakeet into several new species
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Painted Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Painted_Parakeet
