Venezuelan parakeet

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

The Venezuelan parakeet (Pyrrhura emma) is a bird in the Psittacidae family of parrots. It was formerly considered conspecific with the white-eared parakeet (Pyrrhura leucotis).

Range

Pyrrhura emma occurs in forested areas of the coastal cordillera of northern Venezuela. 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". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
^ "Pyrrhura emma range map". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2015-01-03.

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

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

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