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Alternative name: Hellmayr's Parakeet
- Pyrrhura amazonum
Includes: Madeira Parakeet
Identification
Green with a dark red belly, rump and tail-tip.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Falls within the Painted Parakeet (P. picta) complex, the taxonomy of which is undecided:[1] This taxon is recognised as a separate species by some authorities[2][4] but not by others[3][5].
Pyrrhura amazonum has three subspecies:[2]
- P. a. amazonum
- North-central Brazil (Pará, northern Mato Grosso, northern Goiás and Maranhão)
- P. a. snethlage
- P. a. lucida in northern Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Northern Mato Grosso, Brazil
Habitat
Humid lowland forest.
Behaviour
Diet includes seeds and flowers.
The nest is placed in a tree cavity.
References
- Birdforum Discussion thread on the taxonomy of the Pyrrhura picta complex.
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to December 2007 (Corrigenda 7). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
- Gill, F, M Wright and D Donsker. 2009. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.0). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Sibley, CG and BL Monroe. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Santarem Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Santarem_Parakeet
