Birds of Colombia

    PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae (African & New World Parrots)  
Genus: Pyrrhura (4 species, 24 worldwide)


Flame-winged Parakeet
Flame-winged Parakeet (Pyrrhura calliptera) Vulnerable ENDEMIC
Chingaza National Park, Cundinamarca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Maroon-tailed Parakeet
Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura)
Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Maroon-tailed Parakeet
Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura chapmani)
Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia
  The chapmani race around Florencia, Caqueta has a white chest, crown, nape and collar.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Painted Parakeet
Painted Parakeet (Pyrrhura picta)
 
   
Photograph by Prints     Copyright and usage info

Painted Parakeet
Painted Parakeet (Pyrrhura picta picta)
Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

The Painted Parakeet has many subspecies and deciding which is a subspecies and which should be a species is a challenge.

Santa Marta Parakeet
Santa Marta Parakeet (Pyrrhura viridicata) Endangered ENDEMIC
ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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