Pyrilia

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Pyrilia
Pyrilia barrabandi -Napo Wildlife Reserve-4.jpg
Orange-cheeked parrot
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Pyrilia
Bonaparte, 1856
Diversity
7 species
Synonyms

Gypopsitta

Pyrilia is a genus of parrots in the family Psittacidae. It was recently split from the now-monotypic Pionopsitta, and then briefly moved to Gypopsitta. But as Pyrilia was published a few months before Gypopsitta, the latter is a junior synonym.[1]

All are relatively short-tailed parrots that are restricted to forests in the Neotropics. Their head or face contrasts clearly with the mainly green body, and they have a brownish or olive patch on the chest.

Species[]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Brown-hooded Parrot (Pyrilia haematotis).jpg Pyrilia haematotis Brown-hooded parrot southeastern Mexico to north-western Colombia.
Rose-faced Parrot (5183941237).jpg Pyrilia pulchra Rose-faced parrot Colombia and Ecuador.
Saffron-headed Parrot (Pyrilia pyrilia) (8079746799).jpg Pyrilia pyrilia[2] Saffron-headed parrot Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador.
Pyrilia barrabandi -Napo Wildlife Reserve-4.jpg Pyrilia barrabandi Orange-cheeked parrot south-central Amazon Basin in South America
Pyrilia caica - Caica Parrot.JPG Pyrilia caica Caica parrot Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Bald parrot.JPG Pyrilia aurantiocephala[3] Bald parrot or orange-headed parrot, east-central Amazon of Brazil
Pyrilia vulturina[4] Vulturine parrot eastern Amazon of Brazil

References[]

Media related to Pyrilia at Wikimedia Commons

  1. ^ Use of Pyrilia over Gypospsitta Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine. Richard C. Banks, February 2008, to the South American Classification Committee. Accessed 2008-06-22
  2. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pyrilia pyrilia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22686125A93099249. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686125A93099249.en. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Bald Parrot (Pyrilia aurantiocephala) - BirdLife species factsheet".
  4. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pyrilia vulturina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22686145A93099817. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686145A93099817.en. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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