Maroon-faced parakeet

Description

The parakeet cheeked ( Pyrrhura leucotis Kuhl,1820 ) is a bird of the family of Psittacidae.Affinated and similar to P.picta,this species is differentiated by the white periauricular area and by a greater diffusion of the blue,a color also present on the typical scaling.It lives in eastern Brazil,from southern Bahia to the south to the Espírito Santo and the eastern Minas Gerais;in the past he also lived in the San Paolo.It was introduced without success in the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro.