Rose-faced Parrot

Taxobox
name = Rose-faced Parrot


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
genus = "Pyrilia"
species = "P. pulchra"
binomial = "Pyrilia pulchra"
binomial_authority = (Berlepsch, 1897)
synonyms = "Pionopsitta pulchra" Berlepsch, 1897

"Gypopsitta pulchra"

The Rose-faced Parrot ("Pyrilia pulchra") is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the
Brown-hooded Parrot ("P. pulchra"), and was formerly placed in "Pionopsitta" which is now monotypic. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/48087/all Pionopsitta pulchra] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.