Taxonomy
The Green-cheeked Conure has six subspecies:
- Pyrrhura molinae,
- P. m. australis,
- P. m. flavoptera,
- P. m. sordida,
- P. m. molinae,
- P. m. phoenicura,
- P. m. restricta,
P. m. sordida naturally occurs as a green morph or as a yellow morph, The yellow morph is also called the Yellow-sided Conure, and was once erroneously considered to be a separate species, P. hypoxantha.
The Green-cheeked Conure is similar to the Maroon-bellied Conure (P. frontalis), and formerly there have been speculations that they were conspecific. It is also similar in appearance to the Blaze-winged Conure and the Black-capped Conure.
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