Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Psittaciformes > Psittacidae > Hapalopsittaca > Hapalopsittaca melanotisHapalopsittaca melanotis (Black-winged Parrot)The black-winged parrot (Hapalopsittaca melanotis), also known as the black-eared parrot or Peruvian black-winged parrot, is a small (24 cm) stocky parrot found in the eastern Andes. It is largely green with large black patches on wings, dull yellow around eyes, blue-grey beak, and distinct patches over the ears. It has two subspecies in separate ranges: It occupies montane forest, both tall trees and boggy areas. It eats mainly fruit. Flocks up to 50. Nest sites unknown. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.42294 EDGE Score: 1.85988 |
Adult Weight [1] | 158 grams | Male Weight [1] | 158 grams | | Diet [2] | Frugivore | Diet - Fruit [2] | 100 % | Forages - Canopy [2] | 80 % | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 20 % |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Bolivian Yungas |
Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Central Andean puna |
Argentina, Bolivia, Peru |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Peruvian Yungas |
Peru |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Cordillera Yanachaga |
Peru |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cristal Mayu y Alrededores |
Bolivia |
A1, A2 |
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Cuenca Cotacajes |
Bolivia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Yungas Superiores de Apolobamba |
Bolivia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Yungas Superiores de Madidi |
Bolivia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
Yes |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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