Caique

Caiques
Black-headed parrot (Pionites melanocephalus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Genus: Pionites
Heine, 1890
Type species
Psittacus melanocephalus[2]
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Ranges of black-headed parrot (green) and white-bellied parrot complex overlap

Caique (/kˈk/ or /kɑːˈk/[3]) refers to a group of four species of parrots in the genus Pionites endemic to the Amazon Basin in South America.

  1. ^ a b del Hoyo, J., Collar, N. & Kirwan, G. M. (2014). Black-legged Parrot (Pionites xanthomerius). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D. A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2014). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/467506 Archived 2023-03-05 at the Wayback Machine on 24 October 2015)
  2. ^ "Psittacidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  3. ^ Jones, Daniel (2003) [1917], Peter Roach; James Hartmann; Jane Setter (eds.), English Pronouncing Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 3-12-539683-2

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