Black-capped Parakeet
Pyrrhura rupicola
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The black-capped parakeet, also known as the black-capped conure or rock conure in aviculture, is a parrot native to the south-western Amazon Basin and adjacent east Andean slopes in Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. It has a total length of approximately 25 cm. It is mostly green with off white scalloping on the hindneck and breast and red primary coverts.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Genus
- Pyrrhura