White Bellied Parrots - Pionites leucogaster

Parrots and macaws belong to the family Psittacidae. There are around 340 species worldwide, found mainly in the tropics. There are 126 species of parrots and macaws in the Neotropics, of which 49 are found in Peru. CONSERVATION *Status: 42 species (around 30%) of Neotropical parrot species are thought to be at risk of extinction, with many more species in decline. There are 8 threatened species in Peru, and the ranges of many more have been severely reduced in the last 100 years. Many smaller parakeets do