Hapalopsittaca
| Hapalopsittaca | |
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| Red-faced parrot (Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Subfamily: | Arinae |
| Genus: | Hapalopsittaca Ridgway, 1912 |
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Hapalopsittaca is a genus of Neotropical parrot native to the Andes of South America.
It contains the following species:
- Rusty-faced parrot (Hapalopsittaca amazonina)
- Red-faced parrot (Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops)
- Fuertes's parrot (Hapalopsittaca fuertesi)
- Black-winged parrot (Hapalopsittaca melanotis)
The rusty-faced parrot, red-faced parrot and Fuertes's parrot form a superspecies complex, and have at various times. been considered conspecific.
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