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Introduction
Caique vulture Classification (COI) Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subembr. Vertebrata Class Aves Order Psittaciformes Family Psittacidae Subfamily Psittacinae Genus Pionopsitta Binomial name (In taxonomy (botany, zoology, etc.), the binomial name, or binomial, comes from the…) Pionopsitta vulturina
(Kuhl, 1820) IUCN conservation status :
LC: Minor concern
Synonymes Gypopsitta vulturina Pyrilia vulturina
The Caique vulture (Pionopsitta vulturina or Gypopsitta vulturina or Pyrilia vulturina) is a bird belonging to the Psittacidae family.
Description
This bird is approximately 23 cm long. It has a slightly flattened head and a slightly elongated beak which makes it resemble a vulture. designating certain diurnal birds of prey…) hence its specific scientific (A scientist is a person who devotes himself to the study of a science or sciences and who…) and vernacular names.
Its plumage is predominantly green. The head and cheeks are black-brown with a golden yellow cap. The nape (The nape is the dorsal part of the neck. That is to say the region of the neck located in…), the neck (The neck is the region of the body which is located between the head and the rest of the body…) and the upper chest are gold scaled with black. A red band (The color red has different definitions, depending on the color system we use…) adorns each shoulder and extends to the underside of the wings. These are green and blue with black flight feathers. The breeches and underside of the tail are tinged yellow while the tips of the tail feathers are black. The irises are orange and the bill yellowish shaded with black at the tip. The legs are gray.
This species (In the life sciences, the species (from the Latin species, “type”) does not present sexual dimorphism.
Bibliography
Forshaw JM (2006) Parrots of the World. An identification guide. Princeton University Press, Princeton, Oxford, 172 p. del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Sargatal J. (1997) Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 4, Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. BirdLife International (Birdlife international is a non-governmental organization (NGO), of international scope,…), Lynx (The genus Lynx of the cat family (Felidae) and the feline subfamily…) Edicions , Barcelona, 679 p. Mario D. & Conzo G. (2004) The big book of parrots. de Vecchi, Paris (Paris is a French city, capital of France and the capital of the region…), 287 p.
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