Blood-eared parakeet
| Blood-eared parakeet | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Subfamily: | Arinae |
| Tribe: | Arini |
| Genus: | Pyrrhura |
| Species: | P. hoematotis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrrhura hoematotis Souancé, 1857 | |
The blood-eared parakeet (Pyrrhura hoematotis) or red-eared parakeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela.[2]
Description
it is mostly green but has a scarlet cap and blood coloured ears which how it gets its name.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pyrrhura hoematotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Guedes, Neiva M. Robaldo; Scherer, Pedro Neto; Carciofi, Aulus Cavalieri; Werther, Karin; Biasia, Iara; Giovanardi, Attilio A.; Cavalheiro, Maria de Lourdes (2008). "Order Psittaciformes (Parrots, Macaws, Conures)": 146–173. doi:10.1002/9780470376980.ch17.
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