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. Southeast Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Ecuador
Status: The Orange-cheeked Parrot is fairly common in Amazonia, but appears not to extend its range towards the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Loro de Mejilla Naranja.
Sub-species: Orange-cheeked Parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi barrabandi), Kuhl, 1820. S & SE Colombia and S Venezuela to Brazil N of Amazon (E to R Negro).
(P. b. aurantiigena), Gyldenstolpe, 1951. E Ecuador, E Peru and N Bolivia to W Brazil S of Amazon (E to R Madeira and W Mato Grosso).
Meaning of Name: Pyrilia: Gr. Diminutive of Pyre= a burning mass. barrabandi: in honor of artist, painter, and designer of French birds, Jacques Barraband (or Barraban) (1767-1809).
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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.