|
The Manu parrotlet (''Nannopsittaca dachilleae'') or Amazonian parrotlet is a recently described species of parrotlet native to the western Amazon basin, from southern Peru to northwest Bolivia. It is found in lowland forests near bamboo and rivers. It has a stocky build akin to a small Amazon parrot. It has green plumage, with powder-blue lores and forehead, paler yellow-green cheeks and chin. It is little known, and classified Near Threatened by the IUCN. It eats primarily seeds and fruit and seems to nest in bromeliads or other epiphytes. Flocks are small, under 20 individuals. ==Taxonomy and naming== The Manu parrotlet was discovered in 1985 by John P. O’Neill, Charles A. Munn, and Irma Franke while exploring the Manú River in the Manú National Park in eastern Peru.〔 They noticed flocks of small green parrots foraging on the forest floor, which resembled birds of the genus ''Forpus''. However, they did not exhibit any sexual dimorphism and could not be assigned to any species recorded within the park or any nearby lowlands of eastern Peru.〔 The new species was named after the scientists' colleague, conservationist and journalist Barbara D’Achille.〔〔(Details for D’ACHILLE, BARBARA ). Newseum.org. Retrieved on 2013-03-26.〕 The Manu parrotlet has been difficult to photograph or even locate subsequently, and was feared to have become extinct in the early 1990s, until recorded again in the mid 1990s. In 1987 P. Marra and T. Meyer were on the banks of the Shesha when they collected two specimens from the ''Forpus'', upon further investigation it was evident that these birds were not of the genus ''Forpus'', but the same birds that O’Neill, Munn, and Franke discovered. After discovering that the Manu parrotlet wasn’t a member of the genus ''Forpus'', it was then reclassified in the genus ''Nannopsittaca''. The specific name is from Latin ''nānus'' dwarf, from Greek ''nanos'' dwarf + Latin ''psittaca'' feminine of ''psittacus'' parrot, from Greek ''psittakos'' parrot; ''dachilleae'' a Latinized form of the surname d'Achille, hence the "dwarf parrot of d'Achille". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manu parrotlet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|