Parrots (Psittacidae) - HBW 4
Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura)
French: Conure de Souancé
German: Braunschwanzsittich
Spanish: Cotorra Colinegra
Other common names: Maroon-tailed Conure
Taxonomy: Aratinga melanurus Spix, 1824, Tabatinga, Rio Solimões, Brazil.
Forms a superspecies with P. orcesi, but also pairs parapatrically with P. picta. Races pacifica and chapmani are particularly distinctive forms, but the variability in berlepschi and souancei may overlap, requiring the two to be merged. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pacifica Chapman, 1915 - SW Colombia and NW Ecuador.
- chapmani Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1940 - E slope of C Andes of Colombia at 1600-2800 m.
- melanura (Spix, 1824) - S Venezuela through NW Brazil to SE Colombia, E Ecuador and NE Peru.
- pacifica Chapman, 1915 - SW Colombia and NW Ecuador.
- chapmani Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1940 - E slope of C Andes of Colombia at 1600-2800 m.
- melanura (Spix, 1824) - S Venezuela through NW Brazil to SE Colombia, E Ecuador and NE Peru.
- souancei (J. Verreaux, 1858) - SC Colombia near Macarena Mts.
- berlepschi Salvadori, 1891 - E slope of Andes in SE Ecuador and N Peru.
- Least Concern
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Several birds feeding on dates in a palm tree Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp pacifica)
Josep del Hoyo 5 February 2005 4 years ago 53 sec 4.6 -
Brief view of a group in a palm tree and flying away Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp melanura)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 1 year ago 15 sec 2.3
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A bird with aberrant plumage; reddish-orange primaries, Chiriboga Road, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp pacifica)
Scott Olmstead 5 February 2007 15 weeks ago 3 -
A bird foraging with a small flock in a fruiting tree. Chiriboga Road, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp pacifica)
Scott Olmstead 5 February 2007 15 weeks ago 3
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Flight calls from a large flock. Lita, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
(ssp pacifica)
Nick Athanas 31 August 2006 14 weeks ago 4
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