Santa Marta Red-tailed Parakeet
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Pyrrhura viridicata ♀ |
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The Santa Marta Red-tailed Parakeet ( Pyrrhura viridicata ) is one of 23 species from the genus Red-tailed Parakeet ( Pyrrhura ).
description
Santa Marta Red-tailed Parakeets are approximately 10 inches long. Both females and males are colored red, the front forehead is red, the ear covers are purple-brown, the rest of the head is green. The side feathers on the neck, throat and upper chest have a faint purple-colored hem. The underbust is green, the belly orange-red and the wing bend yellow. The beak is horn-colored, the iris brown. Subspecies are not known.
Distribution, habitat and way of life
The distribution area is limited to parts of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia . There it is limited to the moist, untouched or less disturbed mountain forests at altitudes between 2000 m and 3200 m .
The parakeets seem to live mainly in pairs or in small groups. Little is known about the diet, the fruits of epiphytes , flowers and seeds of Cordioideae as well as six tree species are documented as food as well as visits to blackberry plantations.
Endangerment, protective efforts
The Santa Marta Red-tailed Parakeet is classified as endangered globally and nationally. The assessment is based on the extremely limited range, its habitat preferences and the high pressure on the remaining original ecosystems in the region. For long-term protection, it will be crucial to inform the Indian population in particular about the degree of endangerment of the endemic species and to convey the urgency of conservation concepts. In the remote area of distribution there is a lack of government controls due to drug cultivation.
Etymology and history of research
Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, Jr. collected the type specimen on July 27, 1911 from Cuchillo de San Lorenzo in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Walter Edmond Clyde Todd described the species under the current name Pyrrhura viridicata . "Pyrrhura" is a word structure from the Greek words "pyrrhos πυρρος " for "fire-colored, red" and "-ouris -ouros " for "-tailed". The specific epithet "viridicata" is derived from the Latin word "viridicatus" for "green".
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- James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
- Walter Edmond Clyde Todd: Preliminary diagnoses of apparently new birds from tropical America . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 26 , 1913, pp. 169–174 ( online [accessed June 11, 2014]).
- Ralf Strewe: Current situation of the Santa Marta Red-tailed Parakeet in Colombia (http://www.papageienfonds.de/ website of the Fund for Endangered Parrots )
Web links
- Pyrrhura viridicata inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - Santa Marta Parakeet ( Pyrrhura viridicata ) . Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Santa Marta Parakeet (Pyrrhura viridicata) in the Internet Bird Collection
- Santa Marta Parakeet ( Pyrrhura viridicata ) at Avibase; Retrieved June 7, 2014.
- Pyrrhura viridicata in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved June 7, 2014.
- xeno-canto: sound recordings - Santa Marta Parakeet ( Pyrrhura viridicata )