Black-legged parrot

The black-legged parrot (Pionites xanthomerius), also known as the western white-bellied parrot, is a parrot species of the genus Pionites in the family Psittacidae.[1] The species is native to eastern Peru, western Brazil, and northern Bolivia, although it may have been extirpated from Santa Cruz as a result of habitat destruction.[2] The three species Pionites leucogaster (green-thighed parrot), Pionites xanthomerius (black-legged parrot), and Pionites xanthurus (yellow-tailed parrot)[3] were previously lumped as Pionites leucogaster.[4][5] The IOC World Bird List still considers it to be a subspecies of the green-thighed parrot (Pionites leucogaster xanthomerius).[6]

Black-legged parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Pionites
Species:
P. xanthomerius
Binomial name
Pionites xanthomerius
(Sclater, 1858)

References
  1. "Species factsheet: Pionites xanthomerius". BirdLife International. 6 June 2020.
  2. Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi (1997). Handbook of the birds of the world. OCLC 908654303.
  3. Del Hoyo, J., Collar, N. & Kirwan, G.M. (2014). Black-legged Parrot (Pionites xanthomerius). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2014). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/467506 on 3 January 2015)
  4. Sibley, C. G.; B. L. Monroe Jr., eds. (1993). A world checklist of birds. Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers.
  5. Juniper, Tony (1998). Parrots: a guide to parrots of the world. Parr, Mike. Sussex: Pica Press. ISBN 1-873403-40-2. OCLC 39020863.
  6. "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List. 25 January 2020.
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