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Caique
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For Spanish title, see cacique. For Turkish fishing boat, see caïque. For other uses, see Caique (disambiguation).
Caique (/kaɪˈiːk/ or /kɑːˈiːk/[3]) refers to a group of four species of parrots in the genus Pionites endemic to the Amazon Basin in South America.
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Caiques | |
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Black-headed parrot (Pionites melanocephalus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Subfamily: | Arinae |
Genus: | Pionites Heine, 1890 |
Type species | |
Psittacus melanocephalus[1] Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
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Ranges of black-headed parrot (green) and white-bellied parrot complex overlap |
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