Fuertes's parrot
| Fuertes's parrot | |
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| Hapalopsittaca fuertesi, named after Louis Agassiz Fuertes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Hapalopsittaca |
| Species: | H. fuertesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hapalopsittaca fuertesi (Chapman, 1912)
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Fuertes's parrot (Hapalopsittaca fuertesi), also known as the indigo-winged parrot, is a parrot which has a highly restricted range on the west slope of the Central Andes of Colombia. It is classified by the IUCN as being critically endangered.[2] It is threatened by deforestation.
Description[]
Fuertes's parrot is about 24 cm long[3] and is green with indigo wing feathers, red shoulders, and a blue crown. The bird's pale ivory bill has chestnut feathers at the base.[4] It was rediscovered in 2002 after an absence of 91 years on the slopes of a volcano in Colombia.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Hapalopsittaca fuertesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22686163A195329192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22686163A195329192.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
- ^ BirdLife Species Factsheet
- ^ del hoyo, J. Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (1997) Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
- ^ a b Ellis, Richard (2004). No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species. New York: Harper Perennial. p. 171. ISBN 0-06-055804-0.
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- Birds of the Colombian Andes
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- Birds described in 1912
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