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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Psittacidae.

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  • Among the avifauna, most birds of the subpolar Nothofagus forests extend their ranges to the north into the Valdivian forests such as the conspicuous firecrown hummingbird (Sephanoides sephanoides), Magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus), rayadito (Aphractura spinicauda), Austral parakeet (Enicognathus ferrrugineus), and black throated huet-huet (Pteroptochos tarnii).

    Magellanic subpolar forests 2008

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