Black-winged parrot
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The black-winged parrot ( Hapalopsittaca melanotis ) or Brown-headed Parrot is a species of bird in the family of authentics Parrots (Psittacidae). The species has a large range that includes the South American countries Bolivia and Peru . The IUCN assesses the population as Least Concern .
features
Black-winged parrots reach body lengths of about 22.5 to 24 centimeters. They have a short and tiered tail with purple-blue tail tips and a gray beak. The front skull and most of the plumage are green. The reins and the neck are colored blue-gray. The ear covers are black. The black wing-coverts are replaced by purple-blue feathers on the wings of the hand and bluish-green feathers on the lower wing-coverts.
Young birds have broad green borders on the large and middle arm wings.
distribution and habitat
The natural habitat of black-winged parrots are moist forests with fruit trees. Their habitat ranges from mighty tree forests to boggy dwarf forests. Occasionally you can see them up to the limits of the cultural landscape .
Social behavior
Black-winged parrots are often out and about in fairly large groups, and every now and then you only meet them as pairs. They prefer to feed on berries, which they find in the canopy area.
In flight you can feel their strong wingbeats. Here they differ significantly from other Andean parrots such as the Macaw Parrots ( Aratinga ), the Red- tailed Parrots ( Pionus ) or the Amazon Parrots ( Amazona ).
Subspecies
Two subspecies have been described, which differ in their coloration and distribution area:
- Hapalopsittaca melanotis melanotis Lafresnaye , 1847 The nominate form lives in the Bolivian Yungas of the departments of Cochabamba and La Paz at altitudes between 1700 and 2500 meters.
- Hapalopsittaca melanotis peruviana Carriker , 1932 has yellow-brown golden ear covers. The sides of the head and the upper part of the throat are yellowish green. The lower area of the throat is demarcated by a blue band. The subspecies occurs at altitudes between 1950 and 3100 meters in the Cordillera de Carpish in the Departamento de Huánuco , in the Pasco region and in the Uranmarca district in the Apurímac region.
Etymology and history of research
Frédéric de Lafresnaye described the black- winged parrot under the name Pionus melanotis . He had the type specimen from the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle , which in turn had received it from Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny from Bolivia. Only later was it added to the genus Hapalopsittaca .
The word »Hapalopsittaca« of the genus is made up of the Greek words »hapalos« for »fine, tender« and »psittacos« for »parrot«. The Greek word "melanotis" stands for "black". After all, the »peruviana« refers to Peru, the country in which this subspecies occurs.
literature
- Jon Fjeldså , Niels Krabbe : Birds of the High Andes: A Manual to the Birds of the Temperate Zone of the Andes and Patagonia, South America . Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1990, ISBN 87-88757-16-1 .
- Thomas S. Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz , Daniel F. Lane: Birds of Peru . Princeton University Press, Princeton 2007, ISBN 978-0-691-04915-1 .
- James A. Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1991, ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .
- Frédéric de Lafresnaye: Quelques oiseaux nouveaux de Bolivie et de Nouvelle-Hollande . In: Revue zoologique . tape 10 , 1847, p. 65-67 ( online [accessed December 21, 2011]).
- Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, Jr .: Description of new birds from Peru and Bolivia . In: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . tape 83 , 1931, pp. 455-467 ( online [accessed December 21, 2011]).
Web links
- Hapalopsittaca melanotis inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2009. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - Black-winged Parrot ( Hapalopsittaca melanotis ) . Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Black-winged Parrot (Hapalopsittaca melanotis) in the Internet Bird Collection
- Black- winged Parrot ( Hapalopsittaca melanotis ) at Avibase; accessed on December 31, 2011.
- Hapalopsittaca melanotis in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- xeno-canto: Sound recordings - Black-winged Parrot ( Hapalopsittaca melanotis )