Grey-hooded Parakeet (Psilopsiagon aymara)

Other Scientific Names
Bolborhynchus aymara [BirdLife International (2004)], Bolborhynchus aymara [Stotz et al. (1996)], Bolborhynchus aymara [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Grey-hooded Parakeet, Gray-hooded Parakeet, Grey-headed Parakeet, Gray-headed Parakeet, Aymara Parakeet, Sierra Parakeet

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(d'Orbigny, 1839)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 1,800 - 3,000 m, occasionally upto 3,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile (B).

North-central Bolivia to north-western Argentina.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Grey-hooded Parakeet (Psilopsiagon aymara) [XC824866]
by Rosendo Fraga from Los Gigantes, Cruz del Eje, C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina (flight call)

Grey-hooded Parakeet (Psilopsiagon aymara) [XC764597]
by Bernard BOUSQUET from Catamarca: La Silleta, Argentina (call, flight call)

Subspecies
Often placed in genus Bolborhynchus. In past in genus Amoropsittaca.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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