Parrots (Psittacidae)
Pearly Parakeet (Pyrrhura lepida) - HBW 4, p. 440
French: Conure perlée
German: Blausteißsittich
Spanish: Cotorra Pulcra
Other common names: Pearly Conure
Taxonomy: Sittace lepida Wagler, 1832, Amazonian Brazil.
Forms a parapatric species pair with P. perlata, with which sometimes considered conspecific. Confused taxonomic history: present species until recently known as P. perlata, but as that name is actually applicable to the form long known as P. rhodogaster, present species consequently assumes its next oldest name, P. lepida. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lepida (Wagler, 1832) - NC Brazil, in NE Pará and NW Maranhão.
- anerythra Neumann, 1927 - NC Brazil, in E Pará.
- coerulescens Neumann, 1927 - NC Brazil, in W & C Maranhão.
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A bird feeding on Erythrina flowers. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp anerythra)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2011 37 weeks ago 1 min 5 sec 4 -
A bird feeding on Erithrina flowers close to two Golden-winged Parakeets. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp anerythra)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 5 weeks ago 25 sec 3.5 -
A bird eating flowers of Erithrina tree. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp anerythra)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 5 weeks ago 16 sec 3.5 -
An individual changing perch, feeding on Erythrina flowers. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp anerythra)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 5 weeks ago 25 sec 3.5
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A bird perched in the canopy
Locality Caxiuana, Pará State, Brazil (ssp anerythra)
Arthur Grosset 7 November 2005 2 years ago 3 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp anerythra)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 5 weeks ago 2.8
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