Venezuelan parakeet

Venezuelan parakeet
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Genus:	Pyrrhura
Species:	P. emma
Binomial name
	Pyrrhura emma; Salvadori, 1891

The Venezuelan parakeet (Pyrrhura emma) or Emma's conure is a bird in the parrot family Psittacidae. It was formerly considered conspecific with the white-eared parakeet (Pyrrhura leucotis).

Range

Pyrrhura emma occurs in forested areas of the Venezuelan Coastal Range. One population lies between Yaracuy and Miranda and another from Anzoátegui to Sucre and northern Monagas.^[2]

Habitat

The Venezuelan parakeet occurs in wet and humid foothill forests and adjacent clearings.

References

^ "Pyrrhura emma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2015-01-03.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
^ "Pyrrhura emma range map". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2015-01-03.

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[1] "Pyrrhura emma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2015-01-03.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)

[2] "Pyrrhura emma range map". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2015-01-03.

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