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Pyrilia

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Pyrilia
Orange-cheeked parrot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Tribe: Androglossini
Genus: Pyrilia
Bonaparte, 1856
Type species
Pyrilia typica[1]
Bonaparte, 1856
Diversity
7 species
Synonyms

Gypopsitta

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.[2]

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

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Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Pyrilia haematotis Brown-hooded parrot southeastern Mexico to north-western Colombia.
Pyrilia pulchra Rose-faced parrot Colombia and Ecuador.
Pyrilia pyrilia[3] Saffron-headed parrot Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador.
Pyrilia barrabandi Orange-cheeked parrot western Amazon
Pyrilia caica Caica parrot Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Pyrilia aurantiocephala[4] Bald parrot or orange-headed parrot, east-central Amazon of Brazil
Pyrilia vulturina[5] Vulturine parrot eastern Amazon of Brazil

References

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Media related to Pyrilia at Wikimedia Commons

  1. ^ "Psittacidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ Use of Pyrilia over Gypospsitta Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine. Richard C. Banks, February 2008, to the South American Classification Committee. Accessed 2008-06-22
  3. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pyrilia pyrilia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22686125A93099249. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686125A93099249.en. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Bald Parrot (Pyrilia aurantiocephala) - BirdLife species factsheet".
  5. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pyrilia vulturina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22686145A93099817. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686145A93099817.en. Retrieved 9 January 2020.