Sulphur-breasted Parakeet
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The Sulphur-breasted Parakeet Aratinga pintoi is a member of the parrot family (Psittacidae) described as new to science in 2005.
This species was discovered as a result of a study of museum specimens of Sun Parakeet and related species; specimens of this species had previously been dismissed as immature parakeets of other species, or hybrids.
Sulphur-breasted Parakeet is found along the northern bank of the lower River Amazon in Pára state, Brazil.
The species' scientific name honours Oliverio Pinto, a Brazilian ornithologist.
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- Silviera, L., V., F. C. T. de Lima, and E. Höfling (2005) A new species of Aratinga parakeet (Psittaciformes:Psittacidae) from Brazil, with taxonomic remarks on the Aratinga solstitialis complex The Auk 122:292-305
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