| Yellow-eared parrot | |
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| In Colombia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Tribe: | Arini |
| Genus: | Ognorhynchus Bonaparte, 1857 |
| Species: | O. icterotis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ognorhynchus icterotis | |
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The yellow-eared parrot (Ognorhynchus icterotis) is a vulnerable parrot found in the Andes of Colombia. It was thought to be extinct up until April 1999, when a group of researchers that were sponsored by ABC and Fundación Loro Parque, discovered a total of 81 individuals in the Colombian Andes.[3] It is currently enlisted as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. Its current population trend is increasing, in part due to conservation measures implemented to protect the existing populations of the species. It is closely associated with the wax palm (Ceroxylon sp.).
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Ognorhynchus icterotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22685760A181190084. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22685760A181190084.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Yellow-Eared Parrot", American Bird Conservancy, https://abcbirds.org/bird/yellow-eared-parrot/.