Golden-plumed Parakeet

Golden-plumed Parakeet
In Tapichalaca Reserve, Ecuador
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Subfamily:	Psittacinae
Tribe:	Arini
Genus:	Leptosittaca Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894
Species:	L. branickii
Binomial name
Leptosittaca branickii Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894

The Golden-plumed Parakeet (Leptosittaca branickii) is a Neotropical parrot species within the Psittacidae family, belonging to the monotypic genus Leptosittaca.^[1] This somewhat Aratinga-like species is found in humid temperate highland forests, especially with Podocarpus, on the east Andean slope in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is generally local and uncommon. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. ^ Thomas M. Brooks, John D. Pilgrim, Ana S. L. Rodrigues & Gustavo A. B. Da Fonseca (2005). "Conservation status and geographic distribution of avian evolutionary history". In Andy Purvis, John L. Gittleman & Thomas Brooks. Phylogeny and Conservation. Conservation Biology. 8. Cambridge University Press. pp. 267–294. ISBN 9780521825023. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3W_TN0790vEC&pg=PA290. 

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

External links

• BirdLife Species Factsheet.

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