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The caica parrot is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 121 to 143 g (4.3 to 5.0 oz). Adults have a brownish black head with bare gray skin around the eye. They have a fulvous or golden collar on their hindneck; dark feather edges give it a scaly appearance. Their throat and upper breast are olive-brown and the rest of their body is green. Their primary coverts are dull blue, their primaries are blackish, and their tail feathers have dull blue tips. Immature birds have mostly green heads with a duller collar. Voice: The caica parrot's flight call is described as "a peculiarly nasal, horn-like call, either a single "kyow", a double-noted "kra ... kyow" or triple-noted "kra.kree ... kyow"." It also "utters a wider variety of short nasal yelps and squeaking notes" when perched.
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When to see the Caica Parrot
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Caica Parrot
The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in France.
About the Caica Parrot
The caica parrot is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Saffron-headed ParrotPyrilia pyriliaThe saffron-headed parrot is 22 to 24 cm (8.7 to 9.4 in) long.
Vulturine ParrotPyrilia vulturinaThe vulturine parrot is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 138 to 165 g (4.9 to 5.8 oz).
Bald ParrotPyrilia aurantiocephalaThe bald parrot is a medium-small, overall green parrot with a bald, brownish-orange head.
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