Flame-winged Parakeet
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| Flame-winged Parakeet | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Pyrrhura |
| Species: | P. calliptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrrhura calliptera (Massena& Souancé, 1854) |
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The Flame-winged Parakeet (Pyrrhura calliptera), also known as the Brown-breasted Parakeet, is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is endemic to forest edge and shrub at altitudes of 1700–3400 m. on the east Andean slope in Colombia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Pyrrhura calliptera. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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