Blood-eared parakeet
| Blood-eared parakeet | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Pyrrhura |
| Species: | P. hoematotis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrrhura hoematotis Souancé, 1857
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The blood-eared parakeet (Pyrrhura hoematotis) or red-eared parakeet is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is endemic to the Venezuelan Coastal Range.
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 (2016). "Pyrrhura hoematotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22685873A93090577. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22685873A93090577.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Pyrrhura
- Birds of the Venezuelan Coastal Range
- Birds described in 1857
- Taxa named by Charles de Souancé
- Parrot stubs