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Pyrrhura picta

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

[edit] Taxonomy

A recent paper by Leo Josephs has split the Painted Parakeet complex into many species^[1]. A molecular dataset have prompted SACC^[2] to rearrange the species limits in the complex involving this species and White-eared Parakeet and split off some but not all of the species proposed in reference 1.

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[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Birdforum Discussion thread on the taxonomy of the Pyrrhura picta complex.
2. [ SACC proposal] to rearrange this species and White-eared Parakeet into several new species

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