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Pyrilia pyrilia

Identification

White bill and ocular area, orange-yellow head, neck and shoulders, green above, olive yellow chest, green breast and belly. Becoming endangered.

Distribution

Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and local and rare in Ecuador.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

This species is sometimes placed in genus Pionopsitta.

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and montanes.

Behaviour

Refeences

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. SACC proposal to use genus Pyrilia

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