Maroon-bellied parakeet
| Maroon-bellied parakeet | |
|---|---|
| Pyrrhura frontalis frontalis São Paulo (Brazil) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Pyrrhura |
| Species: | P. frontalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrrhura frontalis (Vieillot, 1818) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Pyrrhura frontalis kriegi | |
The maroon-bellied parakeet (Pyrrhura frontalis) is a small parrot found from southeastern Brazil to north-eastern Argentina, including eastern Paraguay and Uruguay. It is also known as the reddish-bellied parakeet, and in aviculture it is usually referred to as the maroon-bellied conure, reddish-bellied conure or brown-eared conure.