Pyrilia
| Pyrilia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Orange-cheeked parrot | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Tribe: | Androglossini |
| Genus: | Pyrilia Bonaparte, 1856 |
| Type species | |
| Pyrilia typica Bonaparte, 1856=Psittacula pyrilia Bonaparte, 1853 | |
| Diversity | |
| 7 species | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Gypopsitta | |
Pyrilia is a genus of parrots in the family Psittacidae.
All are relatively short-tailed parrots that are restricted to forests in the Neotropics. Their head or face contrasts clearly with the mainly green body, and they have a brownish or olive patch on the chest.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Pyrilia was introduced in 1856 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte with Pyrilia typica Bonaparte, 1856, as the type species.[1] This scientific name is a junior synonym of Psittacula pyrilia Bonaparte, 1853, the saffron-headed parrot.[2] The name Pyrilia combines the Ancient Greek πυρ/pur, πυρος/puros meaning "fire" with Latin ilia meaning "flanks".[3]
The genus was split from the now-monotypic Pionopsitta, and then briefly moved to Gypopsitta.[4] But as Pyrilia was published a few months before Gypopsitta, the former has priority.[5]
Species
[edit]The genus contains seven species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Pyrilia haematotis | Brown-hooded parrot | southeastern Mexico to north-western Colombia. |
 | Pyrilia pulchra | Rose-faced parrot | Colombia and Ecuador. |
 | Pyrilia pyrilia[7] | Saffron-headed parrot | Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador. |
| Pyrilia barrabandi |