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Status in the Wild

World Population:
Not recorded

Range:
P.r. rupicola: CE Peru.
P.r. sandiae: SE Peru to W Brazil and N Bolivia.

Habitat:
Found up to 300m (984 ft), in humid lowland tropical forest, including varzea and terra firme. Sometimes found in E Andean foothills.

Threat Summary:
This species is apparently rarely persecuted.

IUCN Rating:
Least concern

Wild Diet:
Not available

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Feeds in canopy. Resident. Found in pairs or small family groups during breeding season; at other times in flocks of up to 30 individuals. Roosts communally.

Clutch and Egg Size:
Up to 7 in captivity.

Breeding Season:
February-March

More Info Sites:
http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/servlet/InfoNatura?searchName=Pyrrhura+rupicola