Perija parakeet

Species of parrot

Perija parakeet

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Psittaciformes
Family:  | Psittacidae
Genus:  | Pyrrhura
Species:  |

P. caeruleiceps

Binomial name
Pyrrhura caeruleiceps

Todd, 1947

Subspecies

P. c. caeruliceps
P. c. pantchenko

Approximate range of P. caeruleiceps

The Perija parakeet (Pyrrhura caeruleiceps), also known as Todd's parakeet or in aviculture as Perijá conure, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. There are about 1000 to 2499 living individuals with a decreasing population trend.[1] In 2001 the Perija parakeet was reclassified from a subspecies of the painted parakeet to an individual species. There are two subspecies of the Perija parakeet, P. c. caeruliceps and P. c. pantchenko. P. c. caeruliceps lives in Sierra de Perijá mountains on the northern border between Colombia and Venezuela. P. c. pantchenko lives in the Perijá Mountains.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2021). "Pyrrhura caeruleiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T45422600A179512023. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T45422600A179512023.en. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
2. ^ "PERIJÁ CONURE". Retrieved 16 February 2023.

Taxon identifiers

Pyrrhura caeruleiceps|

* Wikidata: Q11847382
* BirdLife: 45422600
* CoL: 4QW3J
* GBIF: 2479830
* ITIS: 714047
* IUCN: 45422600
* NCBI: 2022862
* Open Tree of Life: 3600390
* Species+: 3736