Black-legged parrot

Black-legged parrot
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Genus:	Pionites
Species:	P. xanthomerius
Binomial name
	Pionites xanthomerius; (Sclater, 1858)

The black-legged parrot (Pionites xanthomerius), also known as the western white-bellied parrot, is a parrot species of the genus Pionites in the family Psittacidae.[1] The species is native to eastern Peru, western Brazil, and northern Bolivia, although it may have been extirpated from Santa Cruz as a result of habitat destruction.[2] Despite its population being in decline, the IUCN classifies it as Least Concern, citing its large range and relatively slow decline.[1] The three species Pionites leucogaster (green-thighed parrot), Pionites xanthomerius (black-legged parrot), and Pionites xanthurus (yellow-tailed parrot)[3] were previously lumped as Pionites leucogaster.[4][5] The IOC World Bird List still considers it to be a subspecies of the green-thighed parrot (Pionites leucogaster xanthomerius).[6]

References

"Species factsheet: Pionites xanthomerius". BirdLife International. 6 June 2020.
Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi (1997). Handbook of the birds of the world. OCLC 908654303.
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 on 3 January 2015)
Sibley, C. G.; B. L. Monroe Jr., eds. (1993). A world checklist of birds. Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers.
Juniper, Tony (1998). Parrots: a guide to parrots of the world. Parr, Mike. Sussex: Pica Press. ISBN 1-873403-40-2. OCLC 39020863.
"Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List. 25 January 2020.

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[:0-1] "Species factsheet: Pionites xanthomerius". BirdLife International. 6 June 2020.

[2] Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi (1997). Handbook of the birds of the world. OCLC 908654303.

[Kirwan2014-3] 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 on 3 January 2015)

[4] Sibley, C. G.; B. L. Monroe Jr., eds. (1993). A world checklist of birds. Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers.

[5] Juniper, Tony (1998). Parrots: a guide to parrots of the world. Parr, Mike. Sussex: Pica Press. ISBN 1-873403-40-2. OCLC 39020863.

[6] "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List. 25 January 2020.