Parrots (Psittacidae)
Cliff Parakeet (Myiopsitta luchsi) - HBW 4, p. 445
French: Conure des rochers
German: Luchssittich
Spanish: Cotorra Boliviana
Taxonomy: Bolborrhynchus Luchsi Finsch, 1868, Bolivia.
Usually treated as conspecific with M. monachus, but perhaps more appropriately related as forming a superspecies, given marked morphological differences and cliff-nesting habit. Monotypic.
Distribution: C Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Several birds in a cactus, most flying away Locality Sucre, Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 2005 6 years ago 43 sec 4.4 -
Two close views of a perched bird Locality Comunidad San Carlos, Omereque, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Juan Carlos Atienza 20 July 2007 4 years ago 43 sec 3.7 -
A bird perched and then two of them, with other ones calling on the background Locality Comunidad San Carlos, Omereque, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Juan Carlos Atienza 20 July 2007 4 years ago 42 sec 3.5 -
A group in a cactus, then flying away Locality Sucre, Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 2005 6 years ago 32 sec 3.3 -
A group feeding in a bush, then flying away Locality Sucre, Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 2005 6 years ago 45 sec 3 -
Two birds arranging the nest Locality Comunidad San Carlos, Omereque, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Juan Carlos Atienza 20 July 2007 4 years ago 8 sec 2.9
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Three birds on a branch
Locality Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
Ulises Ornstein 1 January 2010 2 years ago 2.8
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