Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot
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| Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot | |
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| Female; illustration by Keulemans | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Psittaculinae |
| Tribe: | Micropsittini |
| Genus: | Micropsitta |
| Species: | M. keiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Micropsitta keiensis (Salvadori, 1875) | |
The Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta keiensis) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Male; illustration by Keulemans
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Micropsitta keiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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