Maroon-tailed parakeet | |
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Subspecies P. m. melanura | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Genus: | Pyrrhura |
Species: | P. melanura
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Binomial name | |
Pyrrhura melanura (Spix, 1824)
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Range of the maroon-tailed parakeet's P. m. melanura, P. m. souancei, and P. m. berlepschi subspecies |
The maroon-tailed parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.[3]