The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Parrots

Psilopsiagon
Two species.

Previously in the genus Bolborhynchus.



Mountain Parakeet Psilopsiagon aurifrons
Four subspecies: aurifrons, margaritae, robertsi, rubrirostris.


Found in mostly-open or lightly-wooded montane habitats in the Andes: aurifrons is from central Peru; margaritae is from southern Peru through Bolivia to northern Chile and northwestern Argentina; robertsi is from Peru's Rio Maranon Valley; and rubrirostris is from northwestern Argentina and central Chile.


Zootierliste treats most of the birds in European zoos as "non-subspecific" but just based on colouration they are the nominate aurifrons.


Photo by @Therabu at Berlin Zoo (Germany) - male.

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Mountain parakeet (Psilopsiagon aurifrons) - ZooChat


Photo by @Parrotsandrew at Paradise Park (UK) - female; note the lack of yellow on the forehead and lores.

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Mountain Parakeet 13th September 2012 - ZooChat



Sierra or Grey-hooded Parakeet Psilopsiagon aymara
Monotypic.


Found in the mountains from central Bolivia to northwest Argentina.


Photo by @vogelcommando at a bird show in the Netherlands. In this species the sexes look the same.

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Grey-hooded parakeet - ZooChat
 
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Touit
Eight species.


None of these species are normally found in aviculture (most are entirely unknown in captivity, other than perhaps being kept locally in South America), and none are represented by photos in the Zoochat galleries.



Lilac-tailed or Seven-coloured Parrotlet Touit batavicus
Monotypic.


Found from the Guianas and northern Brazil, west to northern Venezuela; also found on the island of Trinidad.



Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis
Monotypic.


Found in Costa Rica and western Panama.



Blue-fronted Parrotlet Touit dilectissimus
Monotypic.


Found from central Panama to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.



Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet Touit huetii
Monotypic.


Found in Amazonia, in Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, and the Guianas.



Brown-backed Parrotlet Touit melanotus
Monotypic.


Endemic to southeast Brazil.



Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet Touit purpuratus
Two subspecies, purpuratus and viridiceps.


Found across northern South America, with purpuratus from the Guianas, northern Brazil and southern Venezuela; and viridiceps from northern Brazil across to Peru and Ecuador.



Spot-winged or Brown-shouldered Parrotlet Touit stictopterus
Monotypic.


Found from central Colombia to Ecuador and Peru.



Golden-tailed Parrotlet Touit surdus
Two subspecies, ruficauda and surdus.


Endemic to Brazil, with ruficauda in the northeast and surdus in the southeast.
 
And that is the completed Zoochat Photographic Guide to Parrots.


In this thread there are about 400 species in 98 genera, of which 302 species from 86 genera are represented by photos. There is currently a total of 548 photos in the thread, from 96 Zoochat members.

[I will keep this tally updated whenever photos are added / removed / changed. Last edit 30 November 2025]



Photo credits:


One photo:
@AluxesEcoparque
@Astrobird
@baboon
@birdsandbats
@BerdNerd
@Calyptorhynchus
@carl the birder
@Casuarius_casuarius
@Coelacanth18
@DaLilFishie
@David Matos Mendes
@demonmoth
@d1am0ndback
@Dormitator
@Dylan
@Fishapod
@George_Renard
@Giant Eland
@Gigit
@Gil
@Great Argus
@GregOz
@honeybadger
@Ituri
@Jana
@jayjds2
@J I N X
@Julio C Castro
@Kowari
@Macaw16
@Malayan Tapir
@Mayki
@mhale
@Mr Gharial
@MRJ
@Mr Wrinkly
@nanoboy
@nikola
@Nisha
@Pedro
@petthebird
@robmv
@savethelephant
@Semioptera
@Sheather
@Sik Chung Lam
@Simon Hampel
@SMR
@TeaLovingDave
@Vulpes
@wstefan
@Zaz
@ZooElephantsMan
@zoogiraffe
@zoo_sipsik

Two photos:
@bongorob
@bongowwf
@Dannelboyz
@DannySG
@Jakub
@Jo Kuyken
@Kakapo
@Michal Sloviak
@Nadchew_
@Nandito
@nrg800
@twilighter

Three photos:
@Newzooboy
@NRJMelvinT
@Rizz Carlton
@ro6ca66

Four photos:
@HOMIN96
@ralph
@toto98

Five to ten photos:
@Vision (five photos)
@Terry Thomas (six photos)
@ronnienl (seven photos)
@alexkant (eight photos)
@Nick@Amsterdam (eight photos)
@ThylacineAlive (eight photos)
@LaughingDove (nine photos)

Over ten photos:
@Zooish (11 photos)
@Parrotsandrew (12 photos)
@devilfish (13 photos)
@Daniel Sörensen (14 photos)
@Goura (14 photos)
@Sicarius (17 photos)
@KevinB (20 photos)
@Therabu (20 photos)

Over twenty photos:
@gentle lemur (25 photos)
@Maguari (31 photos)
@WhistlingKite24 (31 photos)
@Chlidonias (35 photos)
@Tomek (39 photos)
@Hix (48 photos)
@vogelcommando (66 photos)
 
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In this post I will list all the species which are not represented by photos in the Zoochat galleries. Most of them are not surprising - i.e. they are species, or even entire genera, which have never been present in aviculture or are just very rarely kept - but there are also a few more common species of which apparently nobody has uploaded photos.


There are 104 species in total which do not have photos.


As broken down by subfamily:
Coracopsinae (2 spp)
Platycercinae (5 spp)
Psittacellinae (4 spp)
Loriinae (13 spp)
Agapornithinae (10 spp)
Psittaculinae (21 spp)
Psittacinae (2 spp)
Arinae (47 spp)



Family Psittaculidae

Subfamily Coracopsinae
Seychelles Black Parrot Coracopsis barklyi
Comoros Black Parrot Coracopsis sibilans

Subfamily Platycercinae
Western Ground Parrot Pezoporus flaviventris
Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis
Forbes' Parakeet Cyanoramphus forbesi
Reischek's Parakeet Cyanoramphus hochstetteri
Naretha Bluebonnet Northiella narethae

Subfamily Psittacellinae
Brehm's Tiger Parrot Psittacella brehmii
Madarasz's Tiger Parrot Psittacella madaraszi
Modest Tiger Parrot Psittacella modesta
Painted Tiger Parrot Psittacella picta

Subfamily Loriinae
Wilhelmina's or Pigmy Lorikeet Charminetta wilhelminae
Duchess Lorikeet Charmosynoides margarethae
Blue-fronted Lorikeet Charmosynopsis toxopei
White-naped Lory Lorius albidinuchus
Pohnpei (Ponape) Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubiginosus
Red-throated Lorikeet Vini amabilis
Kuhl's Lorikeet Vini kuhlii
Meek's Lorikeet Vini meeki
Palm Lorikeet Vini palmarum
Red-chinned Lorikeet Vini rubrigularis
Stephen's Lorikeet Vini stepheni
Ultramarine Lorikeet Vini ultramarina
Black-fronted Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta nigrifrons

Subfamily Agapornithinae
Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus
Guaiabero Bolbopsittacus lunulatus
Moluccan Hanging Parrot Loriculus amabilis
Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot Loriculus aurantiifrons
Black-billed Hanging Parrot Loriculus bonapartei
Sangihe Hanging Parrot Loriculus catamene
Green or Small Sulawesi Hanging Parrot Loriculus exilis
Wallace's or Flores Hanging Parrot Loriculus flosculus
Sula Hanging Parrot Loriculus sclateri
Bismarck or Green-fronted Hanging Parrot Loriculus tener

Subfamily Psittaculinae
Red-breasted Pigmy Parrot Micropsitta bruijnii
Finsch's Pigmy Parrot Micropsitta finschii
Geelvink Pigmy Parrot Micropsitta geelvinkiana
Yellow-capped Pigmy Parrot Micropsitta keiensis
Meek's Pigmy Parrot Micropsitta meeki
Buff-faced Pigmy Parrot Micropsitta pusio
Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
Singing Parrot Geoffroyus heteroclitus
Rennell Parrot Geoffroyus hyacinthinus
Blue-collared Parrot Geoffroyus simplex
Yellow-breasted Racquet-tail Prioniturus flavicans
Green Racquet-tail Prioniturus luconensis
Mindoro Racquet-tail Prioniturus mindorensis
Montane Racquet-tail Prioniturus montanus
Blue-headed Racquet-tail Prioniturus platenae
Golden-mantled Racquet-tail Prioniturus platurus
Blue-winged or Sulu Racquet-tail Prioniturus verticalis
Mindanao Racquet-tail Prioniturus waterstradti
Nicobar Parakeet Psittacula caniceps
Simeulue Parrot Psittinus abbotti
Black-lored Parrot Tanygnathus gramineus


Family Psittacidae

Subfamily Psittacinae
Niam-Niam Parrot Poicephalus crassus
Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus

Subfamily Arinae
Sulphur-breasted Conure Aratinga maculata
Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii
Yellow-eared Parrot Ognorhynchus icterotis
Socorro Conure Psittacara brevipes
Green Conure Psittacara holochlorus
Wagler's or Scarlet-fronted Conure Psittacara wagleri
White-necked Conure Pyrrhura albipectus
Santarem or Hellmayr's Conure Pyrrhura amazonum
Todd's or Perija Conure Pyrrhura caeruleiceps
Flame-winged or Brown-breasted Conure Pyrrhura calliptera
Blaze-winged Conure Pyrrhura devillei
Azuero Conure Pyrrhura eisenmanni
Bonaparte's or Deville's Conure Pyrrhura lucianii
El Oro Conure Pyrrhura orcesi
Wavy-breasted Conure Pyrrhura peruviana
Madeira Conure Pyrrhura snethlageae
Sinu Conure Pyrrhura subandina
Santa Marta Conure Pyrrhura viridicata
Yellow-tailed Caique Pionites xanthurus
Kawall's or White-faced Amazon Amazona kawalli
Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysoptera
Rusty-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca amazonina
Fuertes' or Indigo-winged Parrot Hapalopsittaca fuertesi
Black-winged or Black-eared Parrot Hapalopsittaca melanotis
Red-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops
Cliff Parakeet Myiopsitta luchsi
Bald or Orange-headed Parrot Pyrilia aurantiocephala
Orange-cheeked or Barraband's Parrot Pyrilia barrabandi
Caica or Hooded Parrot Pyrilia caica
Brown-hooded or Red-eared Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
Rose-faced Parrot Pyrilia pulchra
Saffron-headed or Bonaparte's Parrot Pyrilia pyrilia
Vulturine Parrot Pyrilia vulturina
Riparian or Large-billed Parrotlet Forpus crassirostris
Dusky-billed or Sclater's Parrotlet Forpus modestus
Rufous-fronted Parrotlet Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons
Andean Parrotlet Bolborhynchus orbygnesius
Manu or Amazonian Parrotlet Nannopsittaca dachilleae
Tepui Parrotlet Nannopsittaca panychlora
Lilac-tailed or Seven-coloured Parrotlet Touit batavicus
Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis
Blue-fronted Parrotlet Touit dilectissimus
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet Touit huetii
Brown-backed Parrotlet Touit melanotus
Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet Touit purpuratus
Spot-winged or Brown-shouldered Parrotlet Touit stictopterus
Golden-tailed Parrotlet Touit surdus
 
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In this post I will list all the genera as used in the thread, showing which are fully, partly, or not all represented by photos in the Zoochat galleries. Only the extant parrot species have been counted in the totals for each genus.

Genera which are fully represented: 60
Genera which are partly represented: 25
Genera which are not represented at all: 12



Fully-represented: 60 genera
Most of these are very small genera, usually with only one to three species.

Nestor (2 of 2 spp)
Strigops (1 of 1 sp)
Nymphicus (1 of 1 sp)
Calyptorhynchus (2 of 2 spp)
Zanda (3 of 3 spp)
Probosciger (1 of 1 sp)
Cacatua (11 of 11 spp)
Callocephalon (1 of 1 sp)
Eolophus (1 of 1 sp)
Lophochroa (1 of 1 sp)
Psittrichas (1 of 1 sp)
Neophema (6 of 6 spp)
Neopsephotus (1 of 1 sp)
Barnardius (1 of 1 sp)
Eunymphicus (2 of 2 spp)
Lathamus (1 of 1 sp)
Platycercus (6 of 6 spp)
Prosopeia (3 of 3 spp)
Psephotellus (3 of 3 spp)
Psephotus (1 of 1 sp)
Purpureicephalus (1 of 1 sp)
Chalcopsitta (3 of 3 spp)
Charmosyna (2 of 2 spp)
Eos (6 of 6 spp)
Glossoptilus (1 of 1 sp)
Glossopsitta (1 of 1 sp)
Hypocharmosyna (2 of 2 spp)
Neopsittacus (2 of 2 spp)
Oreopsittacus (1 of 1 sp)
Parvipsitta (2 of 2 spp)
Pseudeos (2 of 2 spp)
Psitteuteles (1 of 1 sp)
Saudareos (5 of 5 spp)
Synorhacma (1 of 1 sp)
Melopsittacus (1 of 1 sp)
Psittaculirostris (3 of 3 spp)
Alisterus (3 of 3 spp)
Aprosmictus (2 of 2 spp)
Polytelis (3 of 3 spp)
Eclectus (1 of 1 sp) (or 4 of 4 spp if the genus is split into multiple species)
Psittacus (2 of 2 spp)
Anodorhynchus (3 of 3 spp)
Ara (8 of 8 spp)
Cyanopsitta (1 of 1 sp)
Diopsittaca (2 of 2 spp)
Orthopsittaca (1 of 1 sp)
Primolius (3 of 3 spp)
Cyanoliseus (1 of 1 sp)
Enicognathus (2 of 2 spp)
Eupsittula (6 of 6 spp)
Guaruba (1 of 1 sp)
Rhynchopsitta (2 of 2 spp)
Thectocercus (1 of 1 sp)
Deroptyus (1 of 1 sp)
Alipiopsitta (1 of 1 sp)
Graydidascalus (1 of 1 sp)
Pionopsitta (1 of 1 sp)
Pionus (8 of 8 spp)
Triclaria (1 of 1 sp)
Psilopsiagon (2 of 2 spp)


Partly-represented: 25 genera
There is a wide variety of representation here, probably the worst-represented being Vini (3 out of 10 species being depicted), Loriculus (7 of 15 species) and Prioniturus (2 of 10 species). At the other end there are genera like Amazona where 33 out of 34 species are depicted.

Coracopsis (2 of 4 spp)
Pezoporus (1 of 3 spp)
Cyanoramphus (6 of 8 spp)
Northiella (1 of 2 spp)
Charmosynopsis (1 of 2 spp)
Lorius (5 of 6 spp)
Trichoglossus (9 of 10 spp)
Vini (3 of 10 spp)
Cyclopsitta (3 out of 4)
Agapornis (8 of 9 spp)
Loriculus (7 of 15 spp)
Prioniturus (2 of 10 spp)
Psittacula (12 of 13 spp)
Psittinus (1 of 2 spp)
Tanygnathus (4 of 5 spp)
Poicephalus (8 of 10 spp)
Aratinga (5 of 6 spp)
Psittacara (9 of 12 spp)
Pyrrhura (19 of 30 spp)
Pionites (3 of 4 spp)
Amazona (33 of 34 spp)
Brotogeris (7 of 8 spp)
Myiopsitta (1 of 2 spp)
Forpus (7 of 9 spp)
Bolborhynchus (1 of 3 spp)


Not represented at all: 12 genera
There are several monotypic genera in here (almost half the total). Many of the genera here are not present at all in aviculture.

Psittacella (0 of 4 spp)
Charminetta (0 of 1 sp)
Charmosynoides (0 of 1 sp)
Bolbopsittacus (0 of 1 sp)
Micropsitta (0 of 6 spp)
Geoffroyus (0 of 4 spp)
Leptosittaca (0 of 1 sp)
Ognorhynchus (0 of 1 sp)
Hapalopsittaca (0 of 4 spp)
Pyrilia (0 of 7 spp)
Nannopsittaca (0 of 2 spp)
Touit (0 of 8 spp)
 
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Chlidonias said:
Subfamily Loriinae
Wilhelmina's or Pigmy Lorikeet Charminetta wilhelminae
Josephine's Lorikeet Charmosyna josefinae
Duchess Lorikeet Charmosynoides margarethae
Blue-fronted Lorikeet Charmosynopsis toxopei
White-naped Lory Lorius albidinuchus
Sula Lorikeet Saudareos flavoviridis
Pohnpei (Ponape) Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubiginosus
Red-throated Lorikeet Vini amabilis
Kuhl's Lorikeet Vini kuhlii
Meek's Lorikeet Vini meeki
Palm Lorikeet Vini palmarum
Red-chinned Lorikeet Vini rubrigularis
Stephen's Lorikeet Vini stepheni
Ultramarine Lorikeet Vini ultramarina
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One species can be removed from the list ; just uploaded a photo of a Josephine's lorikeet - Charmosyna josephinae and with this also the complete genus is now represented in our Gallery.
It's realy strange that this species was sofar not represented in our Gallery because the species is still kept in the private hobby and at one public collection in Europe ( Vogelpark Turnersee ). In the recent past it was kept at several well-visited German collections ( Krefeld, Leipzig and at Walsrode were it was even bred and were I took care for it ). At the London Zoo it was kept untill 1997.
The photo I uploaded can be found at the "Animals at Shows" Gallery.

Josephine's lorikeet

Josephine's lorikeet

Sept. 10 2022 - Avi-Markt 's Hertogenbosch - the Netherlands
 
vogelcommando said:
One species can be removed from the list ; just uploaded a photo of a Josephine's lorikeet - Charmosyna josephinae and with this also the complete genus is now represented in our Gallery.
It's realy strange that this species was sofar not represented in our Gallery because the species is still kept in the private hobby and at one public collection in Europe ( Vogelpark Turnersee ). In the recent past it was kept at several well-visited German collections ( Krefeld, Leipzig and at Walsrode were it was even bred and were I took care for it ). At the London Zoo it was kept untill 1997.
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That's great, thanks.

Most of the species not depicted in the galleries are either very rare or non-existent in aviculture, but there are still a few which are kept in Europe or North America which haven't had photos uploaded yet.
 
Chlidonias said:
Pacific or Nicaraguan Green Conure Psittacara strenuus
Monotypic.

Has also been treated as a subspecies of P. holochlorus.


Found from southern Mexico to Guatemala and Nicaragua.


There are no photos of this species in the Zoochat galleries.
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And again one more species sofar not represented in the Gallery, the Pacific or Nigaraguan conure - Psittacara strenuus. There were sevral captive birds offered by several breeders on this market so the species is avaible - at least in Europe.

Pacific or Nicaraguan conure - Psittacara strenuus

Pacific or Nicaraguan conure - Psittacara strenuus

Sept. 10 2022 - Avi-Markt 's Hertogenbosch - the Netherlands
 
Chlidonias said:
Maroon-tailed or Black-tailed Conure Pyrrhura melanura
Four subspecies: berlepschi, chapmani, melanura, souancei. The Choco Conure P. pacifica was formerly treated as a subspecies. Some authors would also split off chapmani and souancei as separate species.


P. m. berlepschi is from southeastern Ecuador and eastern Peru; chapmani is from central Colombia; melanura is from the Upper Amazon basin; and souancei is from southern Colombia and eastern Ecuador.


There are no photos of this species in the Zoochat galleries.
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And again we can add a new species to the Photographic Guide : just uploaded a photo of a pair of Maroon-tailed conures in the 'Animals at Shows' Gallery. Not realy a price-winning photo but evenso... the species is now represented :).

Maroon-tailed ( Black-tailed ) conures - Pyrrhura melanura

Maroon-tailed ( Black-tailed ) conures - Pyrrhura melanura

Sept. 10 2022 - Avi-markt - 's Hertogenbosch - the Netherlands
 
Chlidonias said:
Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii
Monotypic. Formerly treated as a subspecies of P. himalayana.


Found from northeast India across Burma and Thailand to southern China and Indochina.


There are no photos of this species in the Zoochat galleries.
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And again one more species represented in the Gallery, just uploaded a photo of a pair of Grey-headed ( or Finsch's ) parakeets which I saw on a bird-market earlier this year.

Grey-headed or Finsch's parakeet - Psittacula finschii

Grey-headed or Finsch's parakeet - Psittacula finschii

Sept. 10 2022 - Avi-Markt - 's Hertogenbosch - the Netherlands
 
vogelcommando said:
And again one more species represented in the Gallery, just uploaded a photo of a pair of Grey-headed ( or Finsch's ) parakeets which I saw on a bird-market earlier this year.
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Do you have any photos showing the whole bird including the full tail?
 
Chlidonias said:
The photos in the galleries mostly look like the nominate P. e. emma (with white eye-ring), but there is at least one with a grey eye-ring which is characteristic of the subspecies auricularis.
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Studies say that the colour of the eye-ring is variable through sunlight. Birds kept inside tend to have a white ring, while outside it's black. Whether the captive population is of one subspecies or unpure, or if the subspecies should be considered valid at all, is still a matter of debate.
Source: Pyrrhura emma emma en Pyrrhura emma auricularis
 
Chlidonias said:
Photo by @Goura at Jurong Bird Park (Singapore) - subspecies rupicola.
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On what is this based? The Dutch cooperation of Pyrrhura breeders claims that the nominate subspecies has not entered the European trade and all so-called rupicola rupicola are selective bred sandiae. Even if the subspecies is valid in this case, how was this animal identified?
 
Sicarius said:
Studies say that the colour of the eye-ring is variable through sunlight. Birds kept inside tend to have a white ring, while outside it's black. Whether the captive population is of one subspecies or unpure, or if the subspecies should be considered valid at all, is still a matter of debate.
Source: Pyrrhura emma emma en Pyrrhura emma auricularis
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The link won't let me copy the text to translate. Are you saying that the eye-rings are black and not white or grey?

I'll just remove one of the photos from the thread because I had question marks after them anyway with regards to the subspecies.
 
Sicarius said:
On what is this based? The Dutch cooperation of Pyrrhura breeders claims that the nominate subspecies has not entered the European trade and all so-called rupicola rupicola are selective bred sandiae. Even if the subspecies is valid in this case, how was this animal identified?
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I don't actually remember - I assume I read it somewhere but it could also have been an error. Are you saying here that past holders (e.g. on ZTL) are also not nominate? There are a couple of photos on Zoochat from 2010 from Heppenheim.
 
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