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Blue-headed Parrot

Pionus menstruus

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedOmnivoreForestCavity nestMedium · 251 g
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus), photo 1
Photo: Ricardo Sánchez · CC BY 2.0
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus), photo 2
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus), photo 3
Photo: Paul B from London, London · CC BY 2.0
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus), photo 4
Photo: Beatrice Murch · CC BY 2.0
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus), photo 5
Photo: Ricardo Sánchez · CC BY 2.0
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus), photo 6
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY 3.0
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus), photo 7
Photo: Aramburu Carlos · CC BY 4.0
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus), photo 8
Photo: Ricardo Sánchez · CC BY 2.0
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus), photo 9
Photo: Ricardo Sánchez · CC BY 2.0
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus), photo 10
Photo: Ricardo Sánchez · CC BY 2.0

What the Blue-headed Parrot sounds like

Sonogram of the Blue-headed Parrot: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by M.S. Hoogmoed · Suriname · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Blue-headed Parrot: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Flight call · Zamora-Chinchipe: 1-2 km W Shaimi, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The blue-headed parrot is about 28 cm (11 in) long and weighs 245 g (8.6 oz). It is mainly green with a blue head, neck and upper breast, red undertail coverts, and some yellowish on the wing coverts. The upper mandible is black with reddish areas on both sides. They have dark ear patches.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Blue-headed Parrot

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Blue-headed Parrot

Regular range

The map shades 12 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Panama Peru Ecuador Brazil Costa Rica Venezuela Guyana Bolivia Trinidad & Tobago Suriname French Guiana

About the Blue-headed Parrot

The blue-headed parrot, also known as the blue-headed pionus is a medium-sized parrot of about 27 cm (11 in) in length. The body is mostly green, with a blue head and neck, and red undertail coverts. It is a resident in tropical and subtropical South America and southern Central America, from Costa Rica, Venezuela and the Caribbean island of Trinidad south to Bolivia and Brazil.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis) White-crowned ParrotPionus senilisThe white-crowned parrot is a medium-sized parrot of about 24cm in length. Scaly-headed Parrot (Pionus maximiliani) Scaly-headed ParrotPionus maximilianiThe scaly-headed parrot is 25 to 29 cm (9.8 to 11 in) long and weighs 233 to 293 g (8.2 to 10 oz). Bronze-winged Parrot (Pionus chalcopterus) Bronze-winged ParrotPionus chalcopterusThe bronze-winged parrot is mainly dark with a whitish chin patch and its upper chest is speckled with pink feathers.

Side by side: Blue-headed Parrot vs White-crowned Parrot · Blue-headed Parrot vs Scaly-headed Parrot · Blue-headed Parrot vs Bronze-winged Parrot

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