Indigo-winged Parrot

Taxobox
name = Indigo-winged Parrot
status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=9682|title=Hapalopsittaca fuertesi|downloaded=29 December 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered ]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
genus = "Hapalopsittaca"
species = "H. fuertesi"
binomial = "Hapalopsittaca fuertesi"
binomial_authority = (Chapman, 1912)The Indigo-winged Parrot ("Hapalopsittaca fuertesi"), also known as Fuertes's Parrot, is a critically endangered parrot which has a highly restricted range on the west slope of the Central Andes of Colombia. [ [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1650&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet] ] The Indigo-winged Parrot is about a foot long and is green with indigo wing feathers, red shoulders, and a blue crown. The bird's pale ivory bill has chestnut feathers at the base. It was rediscovered in 2002 after an absence of 91 years. cite book| last = Ellis| first = Richard| authorlink = Richard Ellis (biologist) | title = No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species| publisher = Harper Perennial | date = 2004| location = New York| pages = 171| isbn =0-06-055804-0 ] It was rediscovered on the slopes of a volcano.

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