Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot

Micropsitta pusio - Micropsitte à tête fauve

Systematics

Order
:
Psittaciformes
Family
:
Psittaculidés
Genus
:
Micropsitta
Species
:
pusio

Descriptor

Sclater, PL, 1866

Biometrics

Size
: 8 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 10 à 15 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta pusio) is a species of bird in the Psittaculidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Micropsitta pusio pusio (se New Guinea, Bismarck Arch.)
Micropsitta pusio beccarii (n and ne New Guinea, islands off the north coast)
Micropsitta pusio harterti (Fergusson I.. D'Entrecasteaux Arch..)
Micropsitta pusio stresemanni (Misima and Tagula Is.. Louisiade Arch..)

Foreign names

Micropsitte à tête fauve,
Microloro pusio,
papagainho-de-cara-fulva,
Braunstirn-Spechtpapagei,
Sclater-harkálypapagáj,
Sclaters Spechtpapegaai,
Pappagallo pigmeo facciacamoscio,
dvärgspettpapegoja,
Dvergspettepapegøye,
papagájčik hnedohlavý,
papoušínek okrovolící,
Dværgspættepapegøje,
keltapääkaijanen,
lloro pigmeu cara-carbassa,
karłówka płowolica,
Дятловый попугайчик Склэтера,
Nuri-kate pusio,
アオボウシケラインコ,
棕脸侏鹦鹉,
dvärgspettpapegoja,
棕臉侏鸚鵡,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Moist ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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