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Grey-breasted Parakeet (Pyrrhura griseipectus)

Guaramiranga, CE, Brazil

 

This parakeet is endemic to Ceará in north-eastern Brazil and restricted to a few mountains with relatively humid forest and woodland in a region otherwise dominated by arid Caatinga. They now only live in two locations, Serra do Baturité and Quixadá.

 

After a decade of conservation efforts that included providing nest boxes, the population has seen a significant increase in size from less than 250 to upwards of 1,000 individuals. In 2017, the species was down-listed on the IUCN Red List from Critically Endangered to Endangered.

 

(with informations from Wikipedia)

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Psittaciformes

Superfamily: Psittacoidea

Family: Psittacidae

Subfamily: Arinae

Tribe: Arini

Genus: Pyrrhura Bonaparte, 1856

Species: P. griseipectus Salvadori, 1900

Binomial name: Pyrrhura griseipectus

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