Bird Guide

Bronze-winged Parrot

Pionus chalcopterus

Least ConcernFruitForestCavity nestMedium · 210 g

About the Bronze-winged Parrot

The bronze-winged parrot is a medium-sized pionus parrot 28 cm (11 in) long. It is a short-tailed stocky parrot found in forest and woodland in north-western South America.

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The bronze-winged parrot is mainly dark with a whitish chin patch and its upper chest is speckled with pink feathers. It has short red undertail feathers. The rump, tail and wings are dark blue with lighter blue underwings. The head is dark blue-green; the mantle, back and underparts are dark bronze-green with some blue tipped feathers and sometimes scattered red feathers. Its beak is pale yellow. In adults the ring of bare skin around the eyes is pink. Juveniles have whitish eyerings and their underparts are brownish.

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Where the Bronze-winged Parrot lives

Regular range

When to see the Bronze-winged Parrot

Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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