Orange-cheeked Parrot

Photo by AWPittman
Amazon Rain Forest, Ecuador, December 2014

Pyrilia barrabandi

Pionopsitta barrabandi

Identification

25 cm (9¾ in)

• Black head
• Orange-yellow malar patch
• White orbital ring
• Olive-yellow throat and upper breast

Distribution

Photo by Luiz
Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil, September 2014

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

Taxonomy

This species is sometimes placed in genus Pionopsitta.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• P. b. barrabandi

• South-eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela to Brazil north of the Amazon

• P. b. aurantiigena:

• Eastern Ecuador to eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and Brazil south of the Amazon

Habitat

Primary lowland terra firme forest.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of seeds and fruit.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. SACC proposal to use genus Pyrilia
3. Avibase
4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2016)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Orange-cheeked Parrot. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Orange-cheeked_Parrot

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