| Golden-plumed parakeet | |
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| In Tapichalaca Reserve, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Tribe: | Arini |
| Genus: | Leptosittaca Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894 |
| Species: | L. branickii
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptosittaca branickii | |
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The golden-plumed parakeet (Leptosittaca branickii) is a Neotropical parrot species within the family Psittacidae, belonging to the monotypic genus Leptosittaca.[2] This somewhat Aratinga-like species is found in humid temperate highland forests, especially with Podocarpus, on the east Andean slope in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is generally local and uncommon. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] Clearing of high-altitude forests for agricultural reasons have greatly impacted the loss of habitat for this parakeet species. Further reduction of such habitats will continue to diminish the number of golden-plumed parakeets left in South America.[3] It is the only known parakeet species that can detect ultraviolet radiation.[citation needed]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2020). "Leptosittaca branickii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22685755A175279701. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22685755A175279701.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Thomas M. Brooks; John D. Pilgrim; Ana S. L. Rodrigues & Gustavo A. B. Da Fonseca (2005). "Conservation status and geographic distribution of avian evolutionary history". In Andy Purvis; John L. Gittleman & Thomas Brooks (eds.). Phylogeny and Conservation. Conservation Biology. Vol. 8. Cambridge University Press. pp. 267–294. ISBN 978-0-521-82502-3.
- ^ Jacobs, M and Walker, J. "Density estimates of birds inhabiting fragments of cloud forest in southern Ecuador". 1999