Yellow-tailed parrot

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Yellow-tailed parrot
Pionites leucogaster - White-bellied Parrot; Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Pionites
Species:
P. xanthurus
Binomial name
Pionites xanthurus
(Todd, 1925)

The yellow-tailed parrot (Pionites xanthurus), also known as the central white-bellied parrot, is one of the four species in the genus Pionites of the family Psittacidae.[2] Pionites leucogaster (green-thighed parrot), Pionites xanthomerius (black-legged parrot), and Pionites xanthurus (yellow-tailed parrot) were previously lumped as Pionites leucogaster,[3][4] but recent morphological work suggests the species should be split into three.[5] The IOC World Bird List still considers it to be a subspecies of the white-bellied parrot (Pionites leucogaster xanthurus).[6] The species is rare in captivity in comparison to other taxa of the genus.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International 2014. Pionites xanthurus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 03 January 2015.
  2. ^ "BirdLife International (2020) Species factsheet: Pionites xanthurus". 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ Sibley, C. G.; B. L. Monroe Jr., eds. (1993). A world checklist of birds. Ann Arbor, MI, USA: Edwards Brothers Inc.
  4. ^ Juniper, Tony (1998). Parrots : a guide to parrots of the world. Parr, Mike, 1962-. Sussex, England: Pica Press. ISBN 1-873403-40-2. OCLC 39020863.
  5. ^ del Hoyo, J., Collar, N. & Kirwan, G.M. (2014). Black-legged Parrot (Pionites xanthomerius). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2014). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/467506 on 3 January 2015)
  6. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (eds.). "Family Psittacidae". IOC World Bird List. 10.2. International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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