Green-cheeked Conures - Taxonomy / Sub-species
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Nominate Species Names & Taxonomy:
Genus: Scientific: Pyrrhura ... English: Red-tailed Conures ... Dutch: Roodstaartparkieten ... German: Rotschwanzsittiche ... French: Perruche à queue rouge
Species: Scientific: Pyrrhura molinae molinae ... English: Green-cheeked Conure, Molina Conure ... Dutch: Groenwangparkiet ... German: Grünwangen Rotschwanzsittich, Molinasittich ... French: Perruche molinea
The Green-cheeked Conure has six subspecies (including nominate):
- Pyrrhura molinae - nominate species (Massena & Souance 1854)
- Argentinia Conures - Pyrrhura molinae australis (Todd 1915)
- Pyrrhura molinae flavoptera (Maijer, Herzog, Kessler, Friggens & Fjeldsa 1998)
- Sordid Conures - Pyrrhura molinae sordida (Todd 1947) naturally occurs as a green morph or as a yellow morph (genetic mutation), The yellow morph is also called the Yellow-sided Parakeet, and was once erroneously considered to be a separate species, Pyrrhura molinae hypoxantha or Pyrrhura hypoxantha
- Crimson-tailed Conures - Pyrrhura molinae phoenicura, (Schlegel 1864)
- Santa Cruz Conures - Pyrrhura molinae restricta (Todd 1947)
Sub-species:
Description: As Greencheek above, but breast feathers more olive; green to lower breast and flanks slightly duller; reddish color to abdomen stronger and more extensive; under tail-coverts with less blue. Immature characteristics as nominate type
Genus: Scientific: Pyrrhura ... English: Red-tailed Conures ... Dutch: Roodstaartparkieten ... German: Rotschwanzsittiche ... French: Perruche à queue rouge
Species: Scientific: Pyrrhura molinae australis ... English: Argentinia Conures, Southern Green-cheeked Conures ... Dutch: Argentinië Groenwangparkiet ... German: Argentinien Grünwangen Rotschwanzsittich ... French: Perruche molinea d'Argentin
Distribution: Tarija, Southern Bolivia, North-western Argentina ... CITES II - Endangered
Description: As Greencheek above, but green to base of tail upperside is extensive and not completely concealed by upper tail-coverts; on average smaller. Length: 24 cm (9.5 ins)
Genus: Scientific: Pyrrhura ... English: Red-tailed Conures ... Dutch: Roodstaartparkieten ... German: Rotschwanzsittiche ... French: Perruche à queue rouge
Species: Scientific: Pyrrhura molinae phoenicura ... English: Crimson-tailed Conure ... Dutch: Schlegels Groenwangparkiet ... German: Schlegels Grünwangen Rotschwanzsittich ... French: Perruche molinea Schlegel ... CITES II - Endangered
Distribution: West-central Mato Grosso, Brazil, North-eastern Bolivia
Description: As Greencheek above, but generally paler; cheeks in some birds faintly tinged with blue; breast dull brownish-white with indistinct pale edging; red to abdomen less prominent. Immatures with little red to abdomen; generally much duller and less striking. Length: 26 cm (10 ins).
Genus: Scientific: Pyrrhura ... English: Red-tailed Conures ... Dutch: Roodstaartparkieten ... German: Rotschwanzsittiche ... French: Perruche à queue rouge
Species: Scientific:Pyrrhura molinae hypoxantha aka Pyrrhura hypoxantha / Pyrrhura molinae sordida ... English: Sordid Conure, Yellow-sided Conure ... Dutch: Geelborst-Groenwangparkiet ... German: Mato Grosso Grünwangen Rotschwanzsittich ... French: Perruche molinea Bolivia ... CITES II - Endangered
Distribution: Urucúm and Corumbá, South-western Mato Grosso, Brazil
Description: As Greencheek Conures above, but cheeks, band to nape, sides of body, under tail-coverts and some of upper wing-coverts suffused with blue; on average smaller. Immatures with less red to abdomen and except for cheeks without blue tinge. Average Length: 24 cm (9.5 ins)
Genus: Scientific: Pyrrhura ... English: Red-tailed Conures ... Dutch: Roodstaartparkieten ... German: Rotschwanzsittiche ... French: Perruche à queue rouge
Species: Scientific: Pyrrhura molinae restricta ... English: Santa Cruz Conure ... Dutch: Palmarito Groenwangparkiet ... German: Palmarito Grünwangen Rotschwanzsittich ... French: Perruche molinea Todd ... CITES II - Endangered
Distribution: Palmarito, Chiquitos, Bolivia
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