Order: Psittaciformes | Family: Psittacidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Oxapampa, Pasco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Oxapampa, Pasco
Status: The Black-capped Parakeet is uncommon in the mature forest in southeastern Peru where it is known to range up to 2000 m along the foothill of the Andes. An isolated population occurs in parts of Pasco and Junin. It also occurs in Br and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Perico de Gorro Negro.
Sub-species: Black-capped Parakeet (Pyrrhura rupicola rupicola), Tschudi, 1844. CE Peru (S Loreto, Ucayali).
(P. r. sandiae), J. Bond and Meyer de Schauensee, 1944. SE Peru, extreme W Brazil (Acre) and N Bolivia (S to Beni and La Paz).
Meaning of Name: Pyrrhura: Gr. purhos= flame-colored, red. Ouros= tailed. rupicola: L. rupes= a rock and cola= dweller, inhabitant.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.