| Fuertes's Parrot | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Hapalopsittaca |
| Species: | H. fuertesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hapalopsittaca fuertesi (Chapman, 1912) |
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The Fuertes's Parrot (Hapalopsittaca fuertesi), also known as Indigo-winged Parrot, is a critically endangered parrot which has a highly restricted range on the west slope of the Central Andes of Colombia.[2] The Fuertes's Parrot is about a foot long and is green with indigo wing feathers, red shoulders, and a blue crown. The bird's pale ivory bill has chestnut feathers at the base.[3] It was rediscovered in 2002 after an absence of 91 years on the slopes of a volcano in Colombia.[3]