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Alternative name: Rose-crowned Parakeet

Photo by iainp
Between Merida and Paramo La Culata, Venezuela, July 2010

Pyrrhura rhodocephala

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South America: found only in the Andes of western Venezuela (M‚rida, T chira, and Trujillo).

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and heavily degraded former forest.

[edit] Behaviour

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

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