Flame-winged Parakeet
Pyrrhura calliptera(Massena, FV; de Souancé, C, 1854)
English (US) Flame-winged Parakeet
The Flame-winged Parakeet (Pyrrhura calliptera) 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: eastern Andes of Colombia (Boyacá and Cundinamarca)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pyrrhura calliptera
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Flame-winged Parakeet
- Described by
- (Massena, FV; de Souancé, C, 1854)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Conurus callipterus
- Described by
- (Massena, FV; de Souancé, C, 1854)
- Type locality
- Colombia.
- Original description
- Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 6 p.72
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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