Venezuelan parakeet
| Venezuelan 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. emma
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrrhura emma Salvadori, 1891
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The Venezuelan parakeet (Pyrrhura emma) or Emma's conure is a bird in the parrot family Psittacidae. It was formerly considered conspecific with the white-eared parakeet (Pyrrhura leucotis).
Range[]
Pyrrhura emma occurs in forested areas of the Venezuelan Coastal Range. One population lies between Yaracuy and Miranda and another from Anzoátegui to Sucre and northern Monagas.[2]
Habitat[]
The Venezuelan parakeet occurs in wet and humid foothill forests and adjacent clearings.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pyrrhura emma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T45421217A95149492. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T45421217A95149492.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Pyrrhura emma range map". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
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