Rusty-faced parrot

Rusty-faced parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Genus: Hapalopsittaca
Species: H. amazonina
Binomial name
Hapalopsittaca amazonina
(Des Murs, 1845)

The rusty-faced parrot (Hapalopsittaca amazonina) is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.

It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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