Santarem Parakeet
A species of Lesser Neotropical Parakeets Scientific name : Pyrrhura amazonum Genus : Lesser Neotropical Parakeets
Santarem Parakeet, A species of Lesser Neotropical Parakeets
Botanical name: Pyrrhura amazonum
Genus: Lesser Neotropical Parakeets
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Description
Description
Total length c. 22 cm (8 ⁄4 in). As other members of the Pyrrhura picta complex, it is a long-tailed mainly green parakeet with a dark red belly, rump and tail-tip (tail all dark red from below), a whitish or dull buff patch on the auriculars and bluish remiges. The cheeks and ocular region are dark maroon. The nominate subspecies (P. a. amazonum) has a narrow blue forehead-band and pale grey scaling to the chest. The remaining subspecies, P. a. snethlageae and P. a. lucida, have little or no blue to the forecrown and their chests are, uniquely for the P. picta complex, overall pale with relatively narrow, dark pointed markings. P. a. lucida is slightly smaller and paler than P. a. snethlageae. Some P. a. snethlageae have a yellowish eye-ring (the basis for this variation remains unknown), but it is more commonly dark grey as in the remaining subspecies. All subspecies have dark greyish legs. 
Habitat
Santarem Parakeet typically inhabits tropical humid lowland forests, including both terra firme forests and seasonally flooded várzea. Their range also extends to forest edges and forested savannas. Santarem Parakeet favors primarily low-elevation areas within these ecosystems. Social by nature, santarem Parakeet is often observed in pairs or flocks, feeding on fruits, seeds, and flowers, and nesting in tree cavities. Despite being fairly common within its habitat range, santarem Parakeet has specific requirements for its habitat, which are found in broader geographical regions of humid forest environments in South America.
Dite type
Frugivorous
Scientific Classification
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