Parrots (Psittacidae)
Fiery-shouldered Parakeet (Pyrrhura egregia) - HBW 4, p. 441
French: Conure aile-de-feu
German: Feuerbugsittich
Spanish: Cotorra Egregia
Other common names: Fiery-shouldered Conure
Taxonomy: Conurus egregius P. L. Sclater, 1881, “supposed to be from Demerara”.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- egregia (P. L. Sclater, 1881) - SE Venezuela and adjacent SW Guyana.
- obscura Zimmer & Phelps, 1946 - S Venezuela and adjacent extreme NE Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual feeding and walking along a branch Locality Gran Sabana, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp egregia)
DAVID ASCANIO 30 April 2003 4 years ago 16 sec 4.2 -
A bird on the top of a tree, feeding on a fruit and going away Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp egregia)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2007 4 years ago 10 sec 3.7 -
an individual at the ecotone forest-savanna in the northern Gran Sabana Locality Gran Sabana, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp obscura)
DAVID ASCANIO 2 July 2011 20 weeks ago 22 sec 3.6 -
An individual eating a fruit Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp egregia)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2007 4 years ago 13 sec 3.5 -
an individual foraging on a fruiting tree at the ecotone forest-savanna Locality Gran Sabana, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp egregia)
DAVID ASCANIO 15 June 2009 41 weeks ago 17 sec 3.3 -
an individual was video taped at the econote forest-savanna at the entrance of Gran Sabana Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp obscura)
DAVID ASCANIO 20 April 2008 44 weeks ago 16 sec 3
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Specimen perched on a branch
Locality Plantaria Bird Park, Kevelaer, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Johannes Pfleiderer 30 May 2007 2 years ago 3
- No sound recordings available yet
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