Black-legged parrot


The black-legged parrot, also known as the western white-bellied parrot, is a parrot species of the genus Pionites in the family Psittacidae. 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. The three species Pionites leucogaster, Pionites xanthomerius, and Pionites xanthurus were previously lumped as Pionites leucogaster. The IOC World Bird List still considers it to be a subspecies of the green-thighed parrot.