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Brown-hooded Parrot
Pyrilia haematotis
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About the Brown-hooded Parrot
The brown-hooded parrot (Pyrilia haematotis) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found from Mexico to Colombia.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Pyrilia haematotis
- Family
- New World and African Parrots
- Order
- Psittaciformes
Similar species
Other members of the new world and african parrots family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- Black-capped Parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola
- Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Burrowing Parakeet Cyanoliseus patagonus
- Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
- Crimson-fronted Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii
- Golden Parakeet Guaruba guarouba
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