- Speckle-faced Parrot
Taxobox
name = Speckle-faced Parrot
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Psittaciformes
familia =Psittacidae
tribus = Arini
genus = "Pionus "
species = "P. tumultuosus"
binomial = "Pionus tumultuosus"
binomial_authority = (Tschudi, 1844)
synonyms = The Speckle-faced Parrot ("Pionus tumultuosus") is a species ofparrot from the humidAndean forests fromColombia , throughEcuador andPeru , toBolivia . It is sometimes split into two species, in which case the southern "Pionus tumultuosus" retains thecommon name Speckle-faced Parrot or is re-named Plum-crowned Parrot or Plum-crowned Pionus, while the northern "Pionus seniloides" is referred to as the White-capped Parrot or White-headed Pionus (leading to easy confusion with "Pionus senilis "). The two were originally described as separate species, are morphologically distinctive, and there is no evidence ofintergradation , but this in itself is not remarkable, as their distributions are separated by a gap of approx. 150 km. cite web
url= http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop176.html
title= Proposal to split Pionus seniloides (Massena & Souancé,1854) from Pionus tumultuosus (Tschudi, 1844)
publisher= The Louisiana Museum of Natural History
date= 29 January2004
accessdaymonth = 1 September
accessyear = 2007] cite web
url=http://www.pionusbreedersassociation.com/pages/whpage.html
title= White-headed Pionus
publisher= Pionus Breeders Association
date= 29 January2004
accessdaymonth = 1 September
accessyear = 2007]References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/48096/all Pionus tumultuosus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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