Blood-eared parakeet

Blood-eared parakeet
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

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Pyrrhura hoematotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. 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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