Crimson-bellied parakeet

Crimson-bellied parakeet
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Superfamily:	Psittacoidea
Family:	Psittacidae
Subfamily:	Arinae
Tribe:	Arini
Genus:	Pyrrhura
Species:	P. perlata
Binomial name
Pyrrhura perlata (Spix, 1824)
Synonyms
Pyrrhura rhodogaster

The crimson-bellied parakeet (Pyrrhura perlata), more commonly known as the crimson-bellied conure in aviculture, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.

Taxonomy

Its taxonomic history is potentially confusing. It was formerly known as Pyrrhura rhodogaster, but following a review it was discovered that the type specimen for P. perlata, long believed to belong to the closely related pearly parakeet, actually was a juvenile crimson-bellied parakeet. Consequently, P. perlata was transferred to this species, while P. rhodogaster became a junior synonym.

Description

Pyrrhura perlata adults are partly green in colour. They have yellow/green cheeks, turning to blue on lower cheeks. The breast is brown with pale off-white and dark brown barring. Crimson-bellied parakeets have a blue collar around their hindnecks, varying with each bird. They have red bend of wing, lesser underwing coverts; blue thighs to tail coverts The tail is brown/red. Pyrrhura perlata has a brown/grey beak. Eye ring bare and white. Eye dark brown. Crimson-bellied Conures weigh about 85-94g.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in forests in the south-central Amazon Basin in Brazil and Bolivia. It remains locally fairly common, and is consequently considered to be of least concern and IUCN.

References

Sources

• Collar, N. J. (1997). "Crimson-bellied Parakeet (Pyrrhura perlata)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (eds.). Volume 4. Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. p. 439. ISBN 84-87334-22-9.