Jaraquiel Parakeet

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Jaraquiel Parakeet
Systematics
Order : Parrots (Psittaciformes)
Family : True parrots (Psittacidae)
Tribe : New World Parrots (Arini)
Genre : Red-tailed Parakeets ( Pyrrhura )
Type : Red-backed Parakeet ( Pyrrhura picta )
Subspecies : Jaraquiel Parakeet
Scientific name
Pyrrhura picta subandina
Todd , 1917

The Jaraquiel Parakeet ( Pyrrhura picta subandina ), also known as the Sinúsittich , is an extremely rare or already extinct subspecies of the Red Parakeet ( Pyrrhura picta ). It is or was endemic to the valley of the Río Sinú in the Colombian department of Córdoba .

features

The Jaraquiel parakeet reaches a size of 21 centimeters. The wing length is 111 to 124 centimeters. A dull red and blue band runs around the forehead. The ear covers are rust-red. The chest is dark brown, more greenish on the underbust and characterized by a gray-leather-colored wave pattern. The wing bow is green. The beak is gray-black. A dull gray eye ring runs around the yellow-orange iris. The legs are gray. The juvenile parakeets have not yet been described.

habitat

The Jaraquiel parakeet lives in wet forests at altitudes of up to 1300 m and high secondary forests in the lowlands and the foothills. It has also been observed at forest edges and near clearings.

Way of life

Nothing is known about his way of life. Like the Red Parakeet, it is probably very sociable and forms swarms of up to 15 individuals.

status

The Jaraquiel parakeet is only known of 18 specimens that were collected in 1916 and 1949 at four different sites in the valley of the Río Sinú in Colombia. The holotype and two other specimens were collected in 1916 by Melbourne Armstrong Carriker near Jaraquiel 20 m on the left bank of the lower central reaches of the Río Sinú in the department of Cordoba (until 1950 part of the department of Bolívar ). Six specimens come from the Río Sinú 20 kilometers northwest of Tierralta . The last reliable evidence was provided by Kjell von Sneidern, who in 1949 collected eight specimens in a deciduous forest on the eastern slope of Cerro de Quimari at an altitude of between 400 and 700 meters and one specimen on Cerro Murucucú. In early 2004, the British ornithologist Paul Salaman from the Fundación ProAves visited all four original sites. He found that Jaraquiel and Tierralta had been completely deforested, but forest fragments were still present on Cerro de Quimari and Cerro Murucucú. During a three-month search from May to July 2004 at Cerro Murrucucú, the Jaraquiel parakeet could not be found. Both the lack of up-to-date information and the restricted and unprotected habitat give cause for concern about its survival.

Systematics

The Jaraquiel parakeet was described as a separate species by Walter Edmond Clyde Todd in 1917 . In 1937, however, it was classified as a subspecies by James Lee Peters for no reason . In 2000 Leo Joseph recommended that the Jaraquiel parakeet be raised to the status of species again due to its size and plumage pattern. While Joseph Michael Forshaw followed this assessment in 2006, the South American Classification Committee could not agree in 2008 to recognize the Jaraquiel parakeet as a separate species. In 2014, the Jaraquiel parakeet was accepted as a species by the IUCN and added to the Red List in the “ critically endangered ” category.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Joseph, L. and D. Stockwell. 2002. Climatic modeling of the distribution of some Pyrrhura parakeets of Northwestern South America with notes on their systematics and special reference to Pyrrhura caeruleiceps Todd, 1947. Ornitologia Neotropical 13: 1-8.
  2. ^ A b Todd, WE 1917. Preliminary diagnoses of apparently new birds from Colombia and Bolivia. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 30: p. 3-6.
  3. ^ Departments of Colombia
  4. ↑ Meyer de Schauensee, R. 1950. Colombian zoological survey. Part V. New birds from Colombia. Need. Nat. 221: pp. 1-13.
  5. ^ Pyrrhura subandina Sinú Parakeet - CRITICAMENTE AMENAZADA
  6. ↑ Peters, JL 1937. Check-list of birds of the world. Volume III. Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  7. ↑ Joseph, L. (2000) Beginning an end to 63 years of uncertainty: the Neotropical parakeets known as Pyrrhura picta and P. leucotis comprise more than two species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 150: pp. 279-292
  8. ^ Joseph Michael Forshaw: Parrots of the World - An Identification Guide . Princeton University Press, Princeton 2006, ISBN 978-0-691-09251-5 .
  9. ↑ Redefine species limits in Pyrrhura picta and leucotis complexes ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.museum.lsu.edu
  10. ^ SACC Recent Changes (passed 5 September 08)

literature

  • Joseph Michael Forshaw: Parrots of the World - An Identification Guide. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2006, ISBN 978-0-691-09251-5 .
  • Michael Walters & Julian Pender Hume: Extinct Birds . Poiser Monographes (A&C Black), 2012. ISBN 978-140-815-725-1 . P. 185.

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