Pyrilia
| Pyrilia | |
|---|---|
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| Orange-cheeked Parrot | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Subfamily: | Arinae |
| Tribe: | Androglossini |
| Genus: | Pyrilia Bonaparte, 1856 |
| Diversity | |
| 7 species | |
Pyrilia is a genus of parrots in the family Psittacidae. It was recently split from the now-monotypic Pionopsitta, and then briefly moved to Gypopsitta. But as Pyrilia was published a few months before Gypopsitta, the latter is a junior synonym.[1]
All are relatively short-tailed parrots that are restricted to forests in the Neotropics. Their head or face contrasts clearly with the mainly green body, and they have a brownish or olive patch on the chest.
Species[edit]
- Brown-hooded Parrot, Pyrilia haematotis
- Rose-faced Parrot, Pyrilia pulchra
- Saffron-headed Parrot, Pyrilia pyrilia[2]
- Orange-cheeked Parrot, Pyrilia barrabandi
- Caica Parrot, Pyrilia caica
- Bald Parrot or Orange-headed Parrot, Pyrilia aurantiocephala[3]
- Vulturine Parrot, Pyrilia vulturina[4]
References[edit]
Media related to Pionopsitta at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Use of Pyrilia over Gypospsitta. Richard C. Banks, February 2008, to the South American Classification Committee. Accessed 2008-06-22
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106001645/0
- ^ http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=31070
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106001647/0
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