Rose-faced parrot

Rose-faced parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Tribe: Androglossini
Genus: Pyrilia
Species: P. pulchra
Binomial name
Pyrilia pulchra
(Berlepsch, 1897)
Synonyms

Pionopsitta pulchra Berlepsch, 1897

Gypopsitta pulchra

The rose-faced parrot (Pyrilia pulchra) is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the brown-hooded parrot (P. pulchra), and was formerly placed in Pionopsitta which is now monotypic. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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