First record of the Pyrrhura lucianii Deville, 1851 (Psittaciformes, Psittacidae) in Acre, Brazil, with notes on the consumption of salt

Jesus Rodrigues Domingos de Souza; Ricardo Antônio de Andrade Plácido; Edson Guilherme; Tomaz Nascimento de  Melo

doi:10.15560/14.2.285

Check List 14(2): 285-289, doi: 10.15560/14.2.285

First record of the Pyrrhura lucianii Deville, 1851 (Psittaciformes, Psittacidae) in Acre, Brazil, with notes on the consumption of salt

Jesus Rodrigues Domingos de Souza^‡, Ricardo Antônio de Andrade Plácido^§, Edson Guilherme^|, Tomaz Nascimento de Melo^¶

‡ Secretaria Estadual do Meio Ambiente (SEMA), Rio Branco, Brazil§ Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil| Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil¶ Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil

Corresponding author: Tomaz Nascimento de Melo ( tomazramphotrigon@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Galo Buitrón-Jurado

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Citation: Souza JRD, Plácido RA, Guilherme E, Melo TN (2018) First record of the Pyrrhura lucianii Deville, 1851 (Psittaciformes, Psittacidae) in Acre, Brazil, with notes on the consumption of salt. Check List 14(2): 285-289. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.2.285

Abstract

The Brazilian endemic species Pyrrhura lucianii Deville, 1851, was found on private property in the municipality of Senador Guiomard in Acre State, Brazil. This is the first record of this parakeet species in the state, expanding its distribution in 219 km to the south of Pauini, the nearest location. The species was observed consuming salt, used as a cattle feed supplement.

Keywords

distribution; salt consumption; southwester Amazon; parakeet; range extension