Fuertes's Parrot
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| Fuertes's Parrot | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Hapalopsittaca |
| Species: | H. fuertesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hapalopsittaca fuertesi (Chapman, 1912) |
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The Fuertes's Parrot (Hapalopsittaca fuertesi), also known as Indigo-winged Parrot, is a critically endangered parrot which has a highly restricted range on the west slope of the Central Andes of Colombia.[2] The Fuertes's Parrot is about a foot long and is green with indigo wing feathers, red shoulders, and a blue crown. The bird's pale ivory bill has chestnut feathers at the base.[3] It was rediscovered in 2002 after an absence of 91 years on the slopes of a volcano in Colombia.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ BirdLife International (2004). Hapalopsittaca fuertesi. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 29 December 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered
- ^ BirdLife Species Factsheet
- ^ a b Ellis, Richard (2004). No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species. New York: Harper Perennial. p. 171. ISBN 0-06-055804-0.
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