Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura)
About the Maroon-tailed Parakeet
The maroon-tailed parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The International Ornithological Committee and the Clements taxonomy assign these five subspecies to the maroon-tailed parakeet: P. m. pacifica Chapman, 1915 P. m. chapmani Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1940 P. m. melanura (Spix, 1824) P. m. souancei (Verreaux, 1858) P. m. berlepschi Salvadori, 1891 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) treats P. m. pacifica and P. m. chapmani as separate species, the "Choco" and "Upper Magdalena" parakeets, respectively. Note that the range map excludes these two taxa. This article follows the five-subspecies model.
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