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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Psittacidae .
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Examples
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Other birds sometimes seen here include the black-faced hawk Leucopternis melanops, red-shouldered macaw Diopsittaca nobilis, painted parakeet Pyrrhura picta and savannah seedeaters Sporophila spp.
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The rose-headed parakeet (Pyrrhura rhodocephala) and the Mérida flower-piercer (Diglossa gloriosa) live in the montane evergreen, elfin and secondary forests as well as in the páramos.
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Some occur in the most humid parts ranging into the Chocó forest of Colombia such as Crypturellus berlepschi, Penelope ortoni, Aramides wolfi, Pyrrhura orcesi, Thalurania hypochlora, Scytalopus robbinsi, Cephalopterus penduliger, Dacnis berlepschi, Diglossa indigotica, Tangara johannae.
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Birds include Xiphocolaptes promeropirhyncus sanctamartae and the "trepatroncos" Lepidocolptes lacrymiger sanctamartae, Myoborus flavivertex, Pyrrhura viridicata, Ramphomicron dorsale, Oxypogon guerinii cyanolaemus, Lafresnaya lafresnayi liriope, and the Pharomachrus fulgidus festatus.
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Endemic birds include the Santa Marta parakeet (Pyrrhura viridicata) and the white-tailed starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata).
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