Black-legged parrot
| Black-legged parrot | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Pionites |
| Species: | P. xanthomerius
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| Binomial name | |
| Pionites xanthomerius (Sclater, 1858)
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The black-legged parrot (Pionites xanthomerius), also known as the western white-bellied parrot, is a parrot species of the genus Pionites in the family Psittacidae.[1] The species is native to eastern Peru, western Brazil, and northern Bolivia, although it may have been extirpated from Santa Cruz as a result of habitat destruction.[2] The three species Pionites leucogaster (green-thighed parrot), Pionites xanthomerius (black-legged parrot), and Pionites xanthurus (yellow-tailed parrot)[3] were previously lumped as Pionites leucogaster[4][5]. The IOC World Bird List still considers it to be a subspecies of the green-thighed parrot (Pionites leucogaster xanthomerius).[6]
References
- ^ "Species factsheet: Pionites xanthomerius". BirdLife International. 6 June 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi (1997). Handbook of the birds of the world. OCLC 908654303.
- ^ Del Hoyo, J., Collar, N. & Kirwan, G.M. (2014). Black-legged Parrot (Pionites xanthomerius). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2014). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/467506 on 3 January 2015)
- ^ Sibley, C. G.; B. L. Monroe Jr., eds. (1993). A world checklist of birds. Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers.
- ^ Juniper, Tony (1998). Parrots: a guide to parrots of the world. Parr, Mike. Sussex: Pica Press. ISBN 1-873403-40-2. OCLC 39020863.
- ^ "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List. 25 January 2020.
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