Pyrrhura: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Genus
- Pyrrhura
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Pyrrhura
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pyrrhura
Pyrrhura (Ancient Greek for red/fire tail) is a genus of parrots in the Arini tribe. They occur in tropical and subtropical South America and southern Central America (Panama and Costa Rica). Most are restricted to humid forest and adjacent habitats, but one species, the blaze-winged parakeet, prefers deciduous or gallery woodland, and another, the Pfrimer's parakeet, is restricted to dry regions. Some species are highly endangered.
Depending on the species, the total length range from 22 to 30 cm (8.7 to 11.8 in). All have long, pointed tails, a mainly green plumage, and a relatively narrow, dark greyish to white eye-ring. Many have scaly or barred chest-patterns and a whitish, pale grey, buff or reddish ear-patch.
They typically move around in small, noisy flocks, flying swiftly at or below canopy level. Once settled in a tree they tend to be silent (especially if aware of danger) and difficult to spot. They nest in a tree-crevice.
Some species are popular in aviculture, where they are commonly referred to as conures instead of parakeets.
...Pyrrhura in languages:
- Bokmål
- Pyrrhuraparakitter
- Czech
- pyrura
- English
- Pyrrhura Parakeets
- English
- Pyrrhuras
- English
- Lesser Neotropical Parakeets
- English
- Variable Parakeets
- English
- Varied Parakeets
- Finnish
- suomuaratit
- German
- Rotschwanzsittiche
- Portuguese
- Tiribas
- Russian
- Краснохвостые попугаи
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Alipiopsitta
- Amazona
- Anodorhynchus
- Ara
- Aratinga
- Bolborhynchus
- Brotogeris
- Conuropsis
- Cyanoliseus
- Cyanopsitta
- Deroptyus
- Diopsittaca
- Enicognathus
- Eupsittula
- Forpus
- Graydidascalus
- Guaruba
- Hapalopsittaca
- Leptosittaca
- Myiopsitta
- Nannopsittaca
- Ognorhynchus
- Orthopsittaca
- Pionites
- Pionopsitta
- Pionus
- Poicephalus
- Primolius
- Psilopsiagon
- Psittacara
- Psittacus
- Pyrilia
- Pyrrhura
- Rhynchopsitta
- Thectocercus
- Touit
- Triclaria
Child Taxa
- Pyrrhura albipectus
- Pyrrhura amazonum
- Pyrrhura calliptera
- Pyrrhura cruentata
- Pyrrhura devillei
- Pyrrhura egregia
- Pyrrhura frontalis
- Pyrrhura griseipectus
- Pyrrhura hoematotis
- Pyrrhura hoffmanni
- Pyrrhura lepida
- Pyrrhura leucotis
- Pyrrhura lucianii
- Pyrrhura melanura
- Pyrrhura molinae
- Pyrrhura orcesi
- Pyrrhura perlata
- Pyrrhura pfrimeri
- Pyrrhura picta
- Pyrrhura rhodocephala
- Pyrrhura roseifrons
- Pyrrhura rupicola
- Pyrrhura viridicata


















































