Santarem Parakeet Pyrrhura amazonum Scientific name definitions

The taxonomy and nomenclature of Pyrrhura parakeets can be complicated. This is nowhere more evident than in the case of the populations, such as the Santarem Parakeet, that formerly were classified as subspecies of the Painted Parakeet (Pyrrhura picta). The Santarem Parakeet is composed of two subspecies that are distributed in central Amazonian Brazil, south of the Amazon River, from the drainage of the Rio Madeira east to the east bank of the Rio Tocantins, and also on the north bank of the Amazon, east of Manaus. In common with many other Pyrrhura parakeets, especially within the Painted Parakeet and the Maroon-faced Parakeet (Pyrrhura leucotis) parakeet groups, the Santarem Parakeet is mostly green with whitish auriculars, which form a pale patch on the sides of the head. The tail and the center of the belly are red. The head is mostly dark brown. Despite being relatively widespread and fairly common in lowland evergreen forest, its biology is very poorly known.