Red-tailed Parakeets
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Blue-throated Parakeet ( Pyrrhura cruentata ) |
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Red-tailed parakeets ( Pyrrhura ) are a genus of New World parrots from the subfamily of the real parrots (Psittacidae).
features
Red-tailed parakeets are slender, small to medium-sized parrots that reach a body length of 20 to 30 cm. They are essentially dark green and have a long, tapered, bluntly rounded, yellow to reddish tail . The upper part of their hand wings are usually blue, forehead, cheeks and shoulders are often red. Lined breast feathers give this part of the body a scaly look. The orbital ring is not feathered. The sexes do not differ in color.
distribution
The distribution area of the red-tailed parakeet includes tropical and subtropical South America and extends in the north to southern Central America . They are found in all Neotropical forests including the Amazon, Atlantic, Western Andes, and Central American forests.
Way of life
Red-tailed parakeets are forest-dwelling New World parrots.
species
There is currently no consensus in science about the exact number of species or subspecies .
- Pyrrhura albipectus
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Pyrrhura amazonum
- Pyrrhura amazonum amazonum
- Pyrrhura amazonum snethlageae
- Brown-breasted Parakeet ( Pyrrhura calliptera )
- Blue-throated Parakeet ( Pyrrhura cruentata )
- Bolivian Red-tailed Parakeet ( Pyrrhura devillei )
- Pyrrhura egregia
- Brown-eared Parakeet ( Pyrrhura frontalis )
- Salvadoran White -eared Parakeet ( Pyrrhura griseipectus )
- Pyrrhura hoematotis
- Golden-Green Parakeet or Golden Scaled Parakeet ( Pyrrhura hoffmanni )
- Blue- tipped Parakeet ( Pyrrhura lepida )
- White-eared Parakeet ( Pyrrhura leucotis )
- Pyrrhura lucianii
- Brown- tailed Parakeet , Black-tailed Parakeet, ( Pyrrhura melanura )
- Green-cheeked Red-tailed Parakeet ( Pyrrhura molinae )
- Pyrrhura orcesi
- Red-bellied Parakeet ( Pyrrhura perlata )
- Pyrrhura pfrimeri
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Red-backed Parakeet ( Pyrrhura picta )
- Pyrrhura picta caeruleiceps
- Pyrrhura picta eisenmanni
- Pyrrhura picta emma
- Pyrrhura picta picta
- Jaraquiel parakeet ( Pyrrhura picta subandina )
- Pyrrhura rhodocephala
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Pyrrhura roseifrons
- Pyrrhura roseifrons peruviana
- Pyrrhura roseifrons roseifrons
- Black- capped Parakeet ( Pyrrhura rupicola )
- Santa Marta Red-tailed Parakeet ( Pyrrhura viridicata )
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Steven L. Hilty: Birds of Venezuela. Princeton University Press, 1977, ISBN 978-0691081885 , p. 331.
- ↑ J. Ragusa-Netto: Feeding ecology of the Green-cheeked parakeet (Pyrrhura molinae) in dry forests in western Brazil. In: Braz. J. Biol. , 67 (2): 243-249, 2007, p. 243. ( Online )
- ↑ a b c d e M. Somenzari, LF Silveira: Taxonomy of thePyrrhura perlata-coerulescenscomplex (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae) with description of a hybrid zone. In: Journal of Ornithology 2015, Vol. 156, Iss. 4, pp. 1049-1060. ([On-line])
- ↑ Camila C. Ribas, Leo Joseph, Cristina Y. Miyaki: MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS AND PATTERNS OF DIVERSIFICATION IN PYRRHURA (PSITTACIDAE), WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PICTA-LEUCOTIS COMPLEX. In: The Auk , July 2006, Vol. 123, No. 3, p. 661. ( Online )
Web links
literature
- Thomas Arndt (1983): South American Parakeets, Volume 4 - Rotschwanzsittich - Pyrrhura, Arndt-Verlag , Bretten .
- Thomas Arndt (1996-2007): Lexicon of Parrots , Arndt-Verlag, Bretten.
- Franz Robiller (2001): Handbook of bird care. Parrots Vol. 3. Eugen Ulmer Verlag , Stuttgart .
- https://www.zootierliste.de/?klasse=2&ordnung=218&familie=22914&art=50905117