After being split from P. leucotis, it became the most endangered parakeet in South America. While it was perhaps formerly more widespread, it is currently only known from the Serra de Baturit� mountains of northeastern Brazil.
Similar to the [Maroon-bellied Parakeet] of the Atlantic rain forest in Brazil, and currently only being recorded in the Serra de Baturit� mountains of northeastern Brazil ({Athanas}).
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
