White-capped parrot

White-capped parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Tribe: Androglossini
Genus: Pionus
Species: P. seniloides
Binomial name
Pionus seniloides
Massena & Souancé, 1854

The white-capped parrot (Pionus seniloides) is a bird in the Psittacidae family formerly considered conspecific with the speckle-faced parrot (Pionus tumultuosus). The species is found in the Andes mountains from northwestern Venezuela, through Colombia and Ecuador, to northern Peru.[2]

References

  1. "Pionus seniloides". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  2. "Pionus seniloides". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2015-01-04.


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