Cotorra Piquirroja/Red-billed Parrot/Pionus sordidus

Nombre en español: Cotorra Piquirroja

Nombre en inglés: Red-billed Parrot

Nombre científico: Pionus sordidus

Familia: Psittacidae

Canto: Andrew Spencer

El loro sórdido (Pionus sordidus) es una especie de ave de la familia de los loros, presente en las selvas de Perú, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia y Ecuador.

Loro mediano de bosque nuboso de elevación media. Es verde con el abdomen rojo, el pecho azul y la frente azul oscuro. El pico rojo es usualmente evidente en las aves perchadas, pero puede ser difícil de ver en vuelo. El anillo ocular gris o blanco es bastante indistinto en gran parte de su rango. En vuelo, nota los aleteos profundos: las puntas de las alas casi se tocan el bajarlas. Típicamente se encuentra en pequeñas bandadas de hasta 10 o 15 aves, ocasionalmente más. Se alimenta de fruta en el dosel del bosque.

Red-billed parrot

The red-billed parrot (Pionus sordidus) also known as coral-billed pionus or red-billed pionus is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is found in humid subtropical forests in the Venezuelan Coastal Range, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, and in the Andes from Colombia in north to Bolivia in south (though with significant gaps). Uniquely for a member of the genus Pionus, its bill is almost entirely bright red. The plumage is greenish with a dull blue chest and red undertail coverts.

Taxonomy

In 1751 the English naturalist George Edwards included an illustration and a description of the red-billed parrot in the fourth volume of his A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. He used the English name «The dusky parrot». Edwards based his hand-coloured etching on a live bird in London that was owned by the botanist and Fellow of the Royal Society Peter Collinson. Collinson believed his parrot had come from New Spain. When in 1758 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the tenth edition, he placed the red-billed parrot with the other parrots in the genus Psittacus. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Psittacus sordidus and cited Edwards’ work. The red-billed parrot is now one of eight species of parrot placed in the genus Pionus that was introduced in 1832 by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler. The genus name is from Ancient Greek piōn, pionos meaning «fat». The specific epithet sordidus is Latin meaning «shabby» or «dirty».