Saffron-headed Parrot
Pyrilia pyrilia(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1853)
English (US) Saffron-headed Parrot
The Saffron-headed Parrot (Pyrilia pyrilia) 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: far eastern Panama to northern Colombia and northwestern VenezuelaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pyrilia pyrilia
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Saffron-headed Parrot
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1853)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacula pyrilia
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1853)
- Type locality
- Foot of the Sierra Nevada, Rio Hacha, New Grenada, Santa Marta, Colombia.
- Original description
- Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 37 p.807,note
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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