White-breasted Parakeet

White-breasted Parakeet
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Genus:	Pyrrhura
Species:	P. albipectus
Binomial name
Pyrrhura albipectus Chapman, 1914

The White-breasted Parakeet (Pyrrhura albipectus) or White-necked Parakeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in southern Ecuador and adjacent northern Peru.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Identification

The white-breasted Parakeet is on average about 24 centimeters in length. The parakeet has a dusky crown with pale gray fringes on its hind part, thin red frontal band, yellow and green scaled cheeks and orange ear coverts, full white collar and yellow breast, and a green belly and underparts. Its wings are green while its tail both green and red. Younger birds can be spotted as they lack frontal bands and have paler ear coverts.

More Information

The White-breasted parakeet lives in montane tropical forests in southern Ecuador and extreme northern Peru. They normally stay within a flock between four and 20 parakeets. Although still endangered, this range suggests that although their numbers are dwindling, there population is not as low as originally feared. This bird is on the endangered species list as its main threat to survival is habitat destruction due to logging and illegal gold mining and human settlement.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Pyrrhura albipectus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

• http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1601&m=0

External links

• BirdLife Species Factsheet.

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