Birds of Colombia

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Genus: Pyrrhura (4 species, 24 worldwide)


Flame-winged Parakeet (Pyrrhura calliptera) Vulnerable ENDEMIC Chingaza National Park, Cundinamarca, Colombia
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Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura) Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador
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Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura chapmani) Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia The chapmani race around Florencia, Caqueta has a white chest, crown, nape and collar.
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Painted Parakeet (Pyrrhura picta)
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Painted Parakeet (Pyrrhura picta picta) Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil
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The Painted Parakeet has many subspecies and deciding which is a subspecies and which should be a species is a challenge.


Santa Marta Parakeet (Pyrrhura viridicata) Endangered ENDEMIC ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia
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© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba