The tepui parrotlet (''Nannopsittaca panychlora'') is a species of
parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoid ...
in the family
Psittacidae
The family Psittacidae or holotropical parrots is one of three families of true parrots. It comprises the roughly 10 species of subfamily Psittacinae (the Old World or Afrotropical parrots) and 157 of subfamily Arinae (the New World or Neotropic ...
.
It is found in the
tepui
A tepui , or tepuy (), is a table-top mountain or mesa found in South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran S ...
s of northern
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
, western
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
, and southern
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
.
Description
It is light green with brown eyes. Its tail is short and round.
Its natural
habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
s are
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Description
TSMF is generally found in large, discont ...
, and subtropical, or tropical moist
montane forest
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...
from 750 to 2,200 meters elevation.
References
tepui parrotlet
The tepui parrotlet (''Nannopsittaca panychlora'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.
It is found in the tepuis of northern Brazil, western Guyana, and southern Venezuela. Description
It is light green with brown eyes. Its tail i ...
Birds of Venezuela
Birds of the Tepuis
tepui parrotlet
The tepui parrotlet (''Nannopsittaca panychlora'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.
It is found in the tepuis of northern Brazil, western Guyana, and southern Venezuela. Description
It is light green with brown eyes. Its tail i ...
tepui parrotlet
The tepui parrotlet (''Nannopsittaca panychlora'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.
It is found in the tepuis of northern Brazil, western Guyana, and southern Venezuela. Description
It is light green with brown eyes. Its tail i ...
tepui parrotlet
The tepui parrotlet (''Nannopsittaca panychlora'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.
It is found in the tepuis of northern Brazil, western Guyana, and southern Venezuela. Description
It is light green with brown eyes. Its tail i ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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