|Cordilleran Parakeet Psittacara frontatus
(aka Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Aratinga wagleri frontata)
|Jaen, Cajamarca, Peru
The Cordilleran Parakeet is distributed from south-west Ecuador to southern Peru. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in semi-arid cloud forest and humid montane scrub but also requires cliff faces for breeding and roosting.
|Some authorities lump it with Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Aratinga wagleri but Birdlife International split it on
the basis of its large white vs fairly small dull grey eyering; its pale grey vs dark brownish iris; the amount of red on the crown and shoulder; its
larger size and its habitat mainly of dry forest and open country vs moist and humid forest.
It is classified as Near Threatened because of its dwindling population due to habitat loss and trapping for the pet trade.
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