[order] PSITTACIFORMES | [family] Psittacidae | [latin] Psittacella modesta | [authority] Schlegel, 1873 | [UK] Modest Tiger Parrot | [FR] Perruche olive | [DE] Olivpapagei | [ES] Lorito Tigre Modesto | [NL] Kleine Tijgerparkiet | [copyright picture] Nik Borrow Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Psittacella is the sole extant representative of a lineage that branched very […]
Category: Psittacidae
Festive Amazon (Amazona festiva)
[order] PSITTACIFORMES | [family] Psittacidae | [latin] Amazona festiva | [authority] Linnaeus, 1758 | [UK] Festive Amazon | [FR] Amazone tavoua | [DE] Blaubart-Amazone | [ES] Amazona Festiva | [NL] Blauwbaardamazone | [copyright picture] Rhett A. Butler Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Amazon parrot is the common name for a parrot of the genus Amazona. These […]
Fiery-shouldered Parakeet (Pyrrhura egregia)
[order] PSITTACIFORMES | [family] Psittacidae | [latin] Pyrrhura egregia | [authority] Sclater, 1881 | [UK] Fiery-shouldered Parakeet | [FR] Conure aile-de-feu | [DE] Feuerbug-Sittich | [ES] Cotorra Egregia | [NL] Roodschouderparkiet | [copyright picture] Tony Tilford Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The genus Pyrrhura includes a rich set of small to medium-sized species of parakeets, mostly […]
Observations of breeding activity in El Oro Parakeet Pyrrhura orcesi
El Oro Parakeet (Pyrrhura orcesi) Science Article 1 abstract El Oro Parakeet is restricted to the Tumbesian Endemic Bird Area5 of Ecuador, and is considered Vulnerable2. It was … Bernabe Lopez Lanus, James C Lowen, Cotinga 11 (1999), 46-47 Download article download full text (pdf)
Pyrrhura orcesi, a new parakeet from southwestern ecuador, with systematic notes on the p. melanura complex
El Oro Parakeet (Pyrrhura orcesi) Science Article 2 abstract A new species of parakeet, Pyrrhura orcesi sp. nov., from southwestern Ecuador is described and named the El Oro Parakeet. This species is most closely related to the Maroon-tailed Parakeet (P. melanura). Pyrrhura orcesi is restricted to a narrow band of forest, between ca 600 to […]
Description of a New Species of Pionopsitta (Aves: Psittacidae) Endemic to Brazil
Bald Parrot (Pyrilia aurantiocephala) Science Article 1 abstract A new species from Brazil, Pionopsitta aurantiocephala, is described, which is easily distinguished from the other species of that genus by its completely bare, intensely orange colored head. Specimens of this species have been historically identified as immatures of P. vulturina, which occur in simpatry with P. […]
Distribution, ecology and conservation status of the Blue-headed Macaw Primolius couloni
Blue-headed Macaw (Primolius couloni) Science Article 1 abstract Until recently thought to be secure (i.e. Least Concern), the Blue-headed Macaw is now classified as Endangered in the IUCN Red List, based on an apparent decline and a population estimate of
Publishing LtdPhylogeny and biogeography of Yellow-headed andBlue-fronted Parrots (Amazona ochrocephalaandAmazona aestiva) with special reference to theSouth American taxa
Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala) Science Article 1 abstract The Yellow-headed Parrot (Amazona ochrocephala) has a broad Neotropical distribution,ranging from Mexico to the Amazon Basin, and a history of complex taxonomy and controversialspecies limits. Recent molecular analyses have started to clarify the taxonomicarrangement of the complex, but have not included a representative geographical samplingfrom South America. […]
Notes on the distribution and natural history of the Sun Parakeet Aratinga solstitialis solstitialis.
Sun Parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis) Science Article 1 abstract Knowledge of Aratinga solstitialis is reviewed and found to be mostly antiquated. The bird’s known range, though possibly consisting of two populations, seems more restricted than previously thought with no specimens or published records unequivocally from Venezuela and French Guiana despite remarks of some previous authors. There […]
Response of a Scarlet Macaw Ara macao population to conservation practices in Costa Rica
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) Science Article 2 abstract The Central Pacific Conservation Area contains one of Costa Rica’s two viable, but threatenedScarlet Macaw Ara macao populations. For 14 years (1990-2003), we monitored the size of thispopulation. Non-linear models fitted to 1990-1994 observations revealed seasonal and longtermchanges in population size. The peak of annual population size […]