Pileated Parrot
Pionopsitta pileata(Scopoli, GA, 1769)
English (US) Pileated Parrot
The Pileated Parrot (Pionopsitta pileata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittacidae (African and New World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: humid forest of southeastern Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pionopsitta pileata
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pileated Parrot
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1769)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus pileatus
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1769)
- Type locality
- No locality; southeastern Brazil designated by Brabourne and Chubb, Bds. So. Am., 1912, p. 92.
- Original description
- Annus I Historico-naturalis. Descriptiones avium musei proprii earumque rariorum, quas vidit in vivario Augustiss. Imperatorus, et museo excell. Comitis Francisci Annib. Turriani p.32
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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