Birds of Peru

    PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae (African & New World Parrots)  
Genus: Pyrilia (1 species, 7 worldwide)


Orange-cheeked Parrot
Orange-cheeked Parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi barrabandi)
Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Like others in the genus, eats the stem of leaves from some species of tree (genus Inga?).


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